RPC IV.2, 8472 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8472 (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 Υ ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟc
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ[ΤΡΑ] ΠΟΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑ[ΝΟΥ] ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding Dionysiac herm and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.44590
2 2     MünzZentrum 135 (10/01/2007), 238