Pergamon, Marc Aurel, bronze coin — Hygieia (CN type 17748)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 169–180
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Marc Aurel, dated c. AD 169–180. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 17748 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ. 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. Legend: ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Τ Κ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑ ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ.
Measured specimens give a mean weight of 22.97 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 34–37 mm (from 4 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. 3225; Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995, nr. 9.2. T 927; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
Marcus Aurelius reigned as Roman emperor from 161 to 180, representing the final ruler of the Pax Romana and the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Struck in the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Mysia, this bronze coin reflects the civic coinage issued across the eastern provinces during his rule. The city had become a major centre under the Hellenistic Attalid dynasty before coming under Roman imperial administration.
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
- 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/17748
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17748
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3225
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9.2. T 927
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution