Marcus Aurelius – Pautalia, Thrace AD 161-180, under hegemon M. Tullius Maximus

Marcus Aurelius – Pautalia, Thrace AD 161-180, under hegemon M. Tullius Maximus

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Description

Marcus Aurelius – Pautalia, Thrace

AD 161-180, under hegemon M. Tullius Maximus

• Denomination: Æ 30 (tetrassarion) – 18.3 g / ∼30 mm.

• Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC – laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right

• Reverse: ΗΓΕΜ ΤΟΥΛΛΙΟΥ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΩΤΩΝ – tetrastyle temple with dot in pediment; within, Asklepios standing right leaning on serpent-entwined staff, Hygieia standing left feeding serpent from patera 

• Type: "tetrastyle temple, containing statues of Asklepios and Hygieia" – the classic Pautalia healing-cult reverse 

Standard references:

• Varbanov 4414 (AE32) / 4415 (AE30) – your coin = 4415 group 

• Ruzicka 48-49; BMC Thrace 7; Mionnet Suppl. II 982 

• Moushmov 4096; RPC IV 8775 – listed as "AE 30, 20.15g, M. Tullius Maximus" 

• Rarity: R5 (Varbanov)