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Pergamon, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17748)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 169–180 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated ca. 169–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17748. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand; inbetween, Telesphorus standing facing.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
34–37 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
22.97 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pergamon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Marc Aurel

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand; inbetween, Telesphorus standing facing.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Τ Κ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑ ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17748
Type corpus identifier
CN type 17748

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