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Pergamon, Antoninus Pius, bronze coin — Asclepius and Athena (CN type 12070)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. AD 144–146

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Antoninus Pius, dated c. AD 144–146. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12070 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Reverse: Asclepius and Athena; to left, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; to right, Athena in long garment standing left, crowning with right outstretched arm Asclepius, left hand on shield. Legend: ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟVΑΡΤΟV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 27.71 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 30–33 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 3186; Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995, nr. 8.5. T 715; Linked type corpus, RPC IV.2, 3186.

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Historical context

Pergamon, also called Pergamum, was an ancient city located in Aeolis on the river Caicus, serving as the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon between 281 and 133 BC under the Attalid dynasty. This bronze coinage was struck by the city during the Roman Imperial Period under Antoninus Pius, who reigned as Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161. A member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty who had been adopted by Emperor Hadrian, Antoninus Pius oversaw a largely peaceful empire noted for effective civic administration.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
30–33 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
27.71 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pergamon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Antoninus Pius

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
Reverse type
Asclepius and Athena; to left, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; to right, Athena in long garment standing left, crowning with right outstretched arm Asclepius, left hand on shield.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟVΑΡΤΟV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12070
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12070

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