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Æ35 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΟΥ ϹΕΛΕΙΝΟΥϹ ΚΗΤΕΙΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΝ

Features

Issuer City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 169-175
Composition Bronze
Weight 23.53 g
Diameter 35 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
558235
References RPC Online IV.2# 3224
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with long curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(οϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

Asclepius standing on high base, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; between the two reclining river-gods Seleinous (on left) and Keteios (on right), facing each other, each resting on water-urn and holding cornucopia and branch; in exergue, two wreaths

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Τ ΚΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΟΥ ϹΕΛΕΙΝΟΥϹ ΚΗΤΕΙΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΝ

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀριστέου Σελείνους Κητείος Περγαμηνῶν βʹ νεωκόρων

Translation: under strategos Tiberius Claudius Aristeas, Seleinous, Keteios, of the Pergamenes, twice neocorate

Mint

Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, Turkey

Comments

Weisser 920, BMC 287, Cop 486

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (169-175) 

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