THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius, 161–180 AD. AE31 (23.05 g)

THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius, 161–180 AD. AE31 (23.05 g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / ΗΓΕ ΓΑΡΓΙΛ ΑΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΩΤΩΝ, tetrastyle temple with ornamented pediment on four-step podium; within, Asklepios standing facing, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Unpublished in Ruzicka and Varbanov; cf. Moushmov 4086 (for Pius). Very rare. Dark brown patina, obverse lightly tooled, otherwise about EF / VF.

Governor link. Lucius Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus was legatus Augusti pro praetore of Thracia c. 158–161, then suffect consul about 162. Your coin names him in the genitive, so it was struck in his last months in office — essentially the accession issue for Marcus Aurelius at Pautalia. That explains why it's not in the standard corpora: Ruzicka and Varbanov list the Pius/Gargilius temple (Moushmov 4086 — "Tetrastyle temple, Asklepios standing within"), but the Marcus continuation is unpublished — hence your "Ruzicka -, Varbanov