RPC IV.2, 2871 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2871 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Iulius Menelaos (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ Ι ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΥ ΘΥΑΤΙΡΗΝ[ΩΝ?]
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding patera, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 6, 11
Reference Hochard 2407
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1467 Wa 5359 = GRPCL Thyateira 192 = Hochard 2407a, pl. 141
2 2     Gorny 89 (05/05/1998), 329
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1285