RPC IV.2, 2871 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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?]
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Ἰουλίου Μενελάου Θυατηρηνῶν ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ἰ(ουλίου) Μενελάου Θυατηρηνῶν
Translation under strategos Marcus Iulius Menelaos of the Thyatireans
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding patera, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.46 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference Hochard 2407
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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