RPC IV.2, 377 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 377 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Alliance with Adramyteum
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 163–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜΕ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (?)
Reverse design to left, turreted Tyche of Adramyteum standing, right, (holding long transverse sceptre); to right, turreted Tyche of Mytilene standing, left, holding Dionysiac herm; both clasping hands (over altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1302–9 corr., Stauber, p. 218, nos 155–7 and 159, H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 1–4, Cop 427
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 427 H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 1, pl. 7.1 = Franke & Nollé 1302, pl. 61, authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     B: I-B, authenticity doubtful: cast?
3 3     B: 1914/114, obverse legend mostly obscure Franke & Nollé 1308, pl. 61 (rev.)
4 4     L: no number H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 2, pl. 7.2
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     Mytilene Museum 283 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 129, no. 38, pl. 20.38, worn
7 7     P: 328
8 8     B: Löbb, obverse and reverse legends tooled: 'Α Κ ΛΟVΚ' ... and 'ΜVΤΙΛΗΝƐΩΝ' ...
9 9     Mytilene Museum 285 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 130, no. 46, pl. 21.46, worn
10 10     Private coll. CGT, with altar between Tychai
11 11     Mabbott 1246, illustrated, under 'Adramyteum' = MünzZentrum 51 (28/03/1984), 135 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106 (11/03/2017), 384; cited erroneously three times Franke & Nollé: (1) 1306 (without illustration), (2) 1307, pl. 61 (rev.), (3) Franke & Nollé 1309, pl. 62 (rev.), both sides with traces of tooling
12 12     Baldwin's, May 1974
13 13     Private coll. CGT = N&N London Electronic Auction 5 (11/06/2022), 294