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Æ42 - Marcus Aurelius ΑΤΤΑΛΟϹ ϹΟΦΙϹΤΗϹ ΤΑΙϹ ΠΑΤΡΙϹΙ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΟ

Features

Issuer Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 169-175
Composition Bronze
Weight 49.76 g
Diameter 42 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
546993
References RPC Online IV.2# 284
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

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

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Reverse

To left, the two Nemeses of Smyrna standing, facing each other, each plucking chiton, left one holding bridle, right one holding cubit rule; to right, Zeus of Laodicea standing, left, holding eagle and sceptre

Lettering: ΑΤΤΑΛΟϹ ϹΟΦΙϹΤΗϹ ΤΑΙϹ ΠΑΤΡΙϹΙ ϹΜΥΡ ΛΑΟ

Unabridged legend: Ἄτταλος σοφιστής ταῖς πατρίσι Σμυρναίων Λαοδικέων

Translation: Attalos the sophist to the fatherlands of the Smyrnaeans and Laodiceans

Mint

Smyrna, Ionia, modern-day İzmir, Turkey

Comments

Klose LXXIX, Serie D, 1

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (169-175) 

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