Æ42 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛ (Α with curved crossbar)
Features
| Issuer |
City of Magnesia ad Sipylum
(Conventus of Smyrna)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 161-176 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 35.21 g |
| Diameter | 42 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 562043 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 1335 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Α with curved crossbar)
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reverse
Turreted Cybele seated, left, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum; between two seated lions
Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛ (Α with curved crossbar)
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αἰλίου ῾Ηρακλείδου Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου
Translation: under strategos Aelius Herakleides, of the Magnetes of Sipylus
Mint
Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia, TurkeyComments
Hochard 1077, LS 90, no. 7
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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