Æ35 - Marcus Aurelius ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (?)
Features
| Issuer |
Mytilene
(Conventus of Pergamum)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Lucius Verus (Lucius Aurelius Verus) (161-169) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 163-165 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 22.84 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557927 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 377 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜΕ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λεύκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Ἀρμενικός
Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Armenicus
Reverse
To left, turreted Tyche of Adramyteum standing, right, (holding long transverse sceptre); to right, turreted Tyche of Mytilene standing, left, holding Dionysiac herm; both clasping hands (over altar)
Lettering: ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (?)
Unabridged legend: Μυτιληναίων καὶ Ἀδραμυτηνῶν ὁμόνοια
Translation: concord between the Mytileneans and the Adramyteans
Mint
Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, GreeceComments
Franke & Nollé 1302–9 corr., Stauber, p. 218, nos 155–7 and 159, H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 84, no. 1–4, Cop 427
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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