RPC IV.2, 217 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 217 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Aeolis
City Elaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Salonius II (strategos)
Dating c. 169–175
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) 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 ϹΤΡ Π ϹΑΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΝΕΟ[Υ?] ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(οπλίου) Σαλωνίου νέου Ἐλαιτῶν
Translation under the strategos Publius Salonius II, of the Elaites
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; to left, poppy and two ears of corn on long stalks; to right, olive-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.71 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 45 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 45, pl. XXVI.2 (rev.)
2 2     Gorny 97 (11/10/1999), 759
3 3     Heritage World Coin Auctions CICF Signature Sale 3032 (10/04/2014), 23808 = La Galerie Numismatique 25 (05/06/2015), 93