RPC IV.2, 3127 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3127 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Perperene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Glykon II, grandson of Dem— (agonothetes and hiereus of the Emperors for life)
Dating c. 166–177
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΓΩΝΟΘ ΚΕ(sic) ΙΕΡΕΟϹ(sic) ΔΙΑ ΒΙΟΥ ΤΩ ϹΕΒ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ Β ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜ ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗ
Reverse design Dionysus (youthful) standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Barth-Stauber = Stauber 41
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18268830, 1850/9027 M. Bernhart, JNG 1 (1949), 57, no. 116, misreading reverse legend = Barth-Stauber 41a, pl. 6
2 2     Turin A.S. Fava, L. Sachero and V. Viale, Il Medagliere delle raccolte numismatiche torinesi (Turin, 1964), 39, no. 217, misreading name of 'magistrate' as 'ΑVΚΩΜΟϹ'
3 3     Egger Fixed Price List 5 (1891/92), 722
4 4     P: 1515 SNG 2321
5 5     Florence: Inv. 35726/21 S. Bani, M. Benci and A. Vanni, I Medaglioni Provinciali e i Contorniati Romani nelle raccolte del Monetiere del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze. Vol. II (Florence, 2012), 30, no. 25 = Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 79