RPC IV.2, 3225 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3225 (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 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 ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τ(ιβερίου) Κ(λαυδίου) Ἀριστέα Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεοκόρων
Translation under the strategos Tiberius Claudius Aristeas, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; between, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.97 g
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 927 and 853 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 2665, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer = Weisser 927, pl. 15, reverse legend tooled: 'ƐΠΙ СΤΡΑ Π(sic)Τ Κ ΑΡΙСΤƐΑ …'
2 2     ✸ Mu: 181, reverse double struck
3 3     C McClean III, 7727, pl. 266.5, worn
4 4     P: 1273 SNG 2135 corr. = Weisser 853 corr., pl. 13, both misreading the name of the 'magistrate' as 'Kratippos', reverse legend tooled: 'ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Τ Κ ΑΡΙϹΠΠΟV(sic) .…
5 5     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 66