Pergamon, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17735)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 161–165 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin 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

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