Æ35 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΦοΥ ΕΡΜοΛΑοΥ ΜΥΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑ (Η) (ΑοΥ may be retrograde)
Features
| 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 | 24.95 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557949 |
| References | RPC Online IV.2# 383 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Lettering: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Reverse
To left, hero representing Pergamum (Pergamos or Telephos) standing, right, holding statue of Asclepius; to right, turreted Tyche of Mytilene standing, left, holding Dionysiac herm; both clasping hands
Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΦοΥ ΕΡΜοΛΑοΥ ΜΥΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜ(Η) (ΑοΥ may be retrograde)
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Φουλβίου? Ἑρμολάου Μυτιληναίων καὶ Περγαμηνῶν
Translation: under strategos Fu(lvius?) Hermolaos, of the Mytileneans and Pergamenes
Mint
Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, GreeceComments
Franke & Nollé 1315–16, Kampmann 114, no. 83, H. von Aulock, JNG 19 (1969), 85, no. 14
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (177-179) | |||||||||||||||
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