RPC IV.3, 6679 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6679 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription ΠοΜ ΓΑΔΑΡ ΕΚϹ
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων εκσʹ Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρ(έων) εκσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarans, 225
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Heracles (youthful) wearing lion skin knotted at neck, right; to right, thunderbolt(?); to left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.05 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 55
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 55, pl. 29, on l.
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 55, pl. 29, on r., with 6KC rather than eKC
3 3     L: 1908-1-10-2463, on reverse, date obscure
4 4     L: 1931-6-3-17, obverse with with cuirass only
5 5     NY: 1961.154.195 SNG 1317, obverse with cuirass only
6 6     ✸ V: GR 33552, obverse double struck, authenticity doubtful: cast?, with 6KC rather than eKC
7 7     C: Leake 7764, Suppl., p. 54.6
8 8     Münster: M 5898
9 9     Münster: M 5899
10 10     Private coll. Robert Effler