RPC IV.3, 6422 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6422 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP CAES L AVR VERVS AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription FAVSTINA AVGVSTA C A C (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Faustina Augusta colonia Aelia Capitolina Faustina Augusta c(olonia) A(elia) C(apitolina)
Translation Faustina Augusta, colony Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 15.62 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 63, BMC 60–1
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-MJA Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 63, pl. 83
2 2     L: BMC 60, pl. X.1 de Saulcy 92
3 3     L: BMC 61
4 4     NY: 1944.100.63139 SNG 609
5 5     V: GR 22558
6 6     ✸ Nomos obolos 31, 21 April 2024, lot 535