RPC IV.2, 3226 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3226 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Aristeas (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175 (perhaps until AD 180)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(οϹ) 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 ϹΤΡΑ Τ ΚΛΑ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ (ΩΝ upside down in field)
Reverse design Athena seated, left, holding Nike and spear; to left in background, olive-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 940
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L Weber 5222 = von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 57, pl. IV.15 (rev.) = Weisser 940, pl. 16 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 1276 SNG 2126 = Weisser 940, pl. 16 (obv.)
3 3     P: 1280 SNG 2127 = Wa 962
5 5     Bergama Depot = Voegtli, Stadtgrabung 33, no. 388, pl. 3
6 6     NY: 1944.100.43344