200,00 €
Cilicia, Mopsos, Marcus Aurelius (161 – 180 AD). AVT KAI MAP AYPHΛIO ANTΩNEINOC CE; draped bare headed bust right / AΔPIANΩN MOΨEATΩN ETOYC ΛC; Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus in toga confronting clasping hands over burning altar.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE30 |
| Weight [g]: | 19,02 |
| Grade: | aVF/gF |
| Attribution: | cf. SNG BN Paris 1976 (Lucius Verus) |
| Commentary: | rare; though nearly identical to the Lucius Verus issue, the face is undoubtedly Marcus Aurelius; bronze patina, decent details |
The city often changed its name in course of history and was known as: Mopsuestia, Seleucia on the Pyramus, Mopsos, Hadriana, Decia - just to stick with the antiquity only.
