RPC IV.2, 9456 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9456 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: without personal name but contemporary with coins of Pom(peius) Tryphonianos, strategos
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ ΚΑΙ] Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ[ΝΟc]
Edition 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 ]? [ΜΥΤΙΛΗ]ΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition [---] Μυτιληναίων
Translation [---] of the Mytileneans
Reverse design to left, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing, facing, head, left, wearing military dress, holding spear, sword and paludamentum; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning emperor, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.31 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 349, under 'Smyrna'