RPC IV.2, 3230 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3230 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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 Κ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀριστέου Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κ(λαυδίου) Ἀριστέου Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρων
Translation under strategos Tiberius Claudius Aristeas, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) reclining on lion skin, left, resting arm on club, holding cup
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.64 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Weisser 960
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 1405 = Weisser 960, pl. 16
2 2     ✸ N: 35791 = Fiorelli 7926 von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 70, pl. VI.9 (rev.)
3 3     B: 1931/1394, gift of Wiegand