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Pergamon, Antoninus Pius, bronze coin — Asclepius and Pergamos (CN type 12071)

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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 12071 (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 Pergamos; to left, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; to right, nude Pergamos standing facing, head left, crowning Asclepius with right hand, left hand resting on a sceptre. Legend: ƐΠΙ [ϹΤΡ?] ΚΟVΑΡΤΟV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑΜΟϹ ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 25.91 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 33–36 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. 3187, annot. ca. 144-146 n. Chr.; Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995, nr. 8.4. T 710; Linked type corpus, RPC IV.2, 3187.

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Historical context

Pergamon, also referred to as Pergamos, was an ancient Greek city located in Aeolis on a promontory north of the Caicus river, having earlier served as the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon between 281 and 133 BC. Struck as civic coinage during the Roman Imperial Period, this issue dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius, who ruled as Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161. His peaceful administration, which followed his adoption by Emperor Hadrian, was marked by stability and legal conformity across the provinces of the empire.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
33–36 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
25.91 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 Pergamos; to left, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff with right hand; to right, nude Pergamos standing facing, head left, crowning Asclepius with right hand, left hand resting on a sceptre.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ƐΠΙ [ϹΤΡ?] ΚΟVΑΡΤΟV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑΜΟϹ 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/12071
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12071

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