Pergamon, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17735)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 161–165 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated ca. 161–165 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17735. Obverse: Laureate bust of Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, carrying Erymanthian Boar; in front, Eurystheus standing in pithos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 39–40 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 35.05 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pergamon
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, carrying Erymanthian Boar; in front, Eurystheus standing in pithos.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Α ΤVΛ ΚΡΑΤΙΠΠΟV ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17735
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17735
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3218
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9.1. T 890
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution