Æ24 - Marcus Aurelius ϹΤΡΑ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΜΑΘΥΜΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Methymna
(Conventus of Adramyteum)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 161-162 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 7.71 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 540037 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 398 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
To left, laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΒΗΡ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτορες Καίσαρες Ἀντωνῖνος Βῆρος
Translation: Emperors Caesars Antoninus (et) Verus
Reverse
Nude Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Lettering: ϹΤΡΑ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΜΑΘΥΜΝ
Unabridged legend: στρατηγοῦ Γαΐου Μαθυμναίων
Translation: of the strategos Gaius, of the Methymnaeans
Comments
Franke, Methymna II.10, MG 278, no. 249
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (161-162) | 
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