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Æ37 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΠοΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Mytilene (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 161-163 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius facing right, depicted with his characteristic long beard of short curls, draped in paludamentum over cuirass, seen from the front centre. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Lesbos issues, with strong facial modelling. The encircling legend in Greek characters reads ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟc around the portrait field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, the god of medicine, seated to the left upon a throne or chair, his body draped in robes. He holds a patera in his extended right hand and grasps his serpent-entwined staff (the caduceus of Asclepius) in his left hand, the serpent coiling prominently upward. The encircling Greek legend in the field and exergue records the magistrate's name and the civic ethnic of Mytilene, within a dotted border. |
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