RPC IV.2, 3186 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3186 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Quartus (strategos for the second time)
Dating c. 144–146
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟΥΑΡΤΟΥ ΤΟ Β ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κουάρτου τὸ βʹ Περγαμηνῶν
Translation under the strategos Quartus, for the second time, of the Pergamenes
Reverse design to left, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; to right, Athena standing, left, crowning Asclepius, resting arm on grounded helmet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 27.71 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Weisser 715
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1257, both sides tooled SNG 2113, misreading reverse legend as 'ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΛ ΚΟΥΑΡΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΓ ΤΟ Β' = Weisser 715, pl. 11
2 2     Boston: 61.1048 Glendining 21/02/1961, coll. R.C. Lockett, 2873, not illustrated