RPC IV.2, 11376 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11376 (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 ΑΥ[Ρ] ΑΝ[ΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ]
Edition 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] (or similar)? ΘΥΑ[ΤΙΡΗΝΩΝ?]
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ἰ(ουλίου) Μενελάου Θυατηρηνῶν
Translation under strategos Marcus Iulius Menelaos of the Thyatireans
Reverse design figure (Apollo-Tyrimnaios or Hades?) standing in quadriga(?), right; below horses, reclining river-god (Lykos) or overturned flower-basket (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.83 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik