RPC IV.2, 384 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 384 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Pom(peius) Tryphonianos (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟc
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΠοΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Πομπηίου Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου) Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Pompeius Tryphonianos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Asclepius seated, left, holding patera and serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.31 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 202
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 202, pl. XLI.4 (rev.)
2 2     Mabbott 1453, illustrated