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Æ43 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡΗ? ΠΡΩΤΕΟΥ ΜΙΤΥΛΗΝΑΙΩ (sic)

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Issuer Mytilene (Conventus of Pergamum)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 177-179
Composition Bronze
Weight 46.47 g
Diameter 43 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
557945
References RPC Online IV.2# 8330
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre

Lettering: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus

Reverse

Asclepius seated, left, feeding serpent from patera, holding staff

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡΗ? ΠΡΩΤΕΟΥ ΜΙΤΥΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ(sic)

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Πρωτέου Μιτυληναίων

Translation: under strategos Marcus Aurelius Proteas, of the Mytileneans

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (177-179) 

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