RPC IV.2, 1253 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1253 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Iulia Gordus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: without personal name but shared obverse die with issue of Iulianus, son of Thyn(itos?), first archon
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΓΟΡΔΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, head, left, holding sceptre, struggling with Persephone; beneath horses, overturned kalathos containing flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Hochard 499, BMC 28, LS 86, no. 4
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 28, pl. X.4 GRPCL Gordus-Julia 61 = Hochard 499e, pl. 25
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-1994, ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA
3 3     B: I-B LS 84, no. 4, pl. IV.17 (rev.)
4 4     P: 394A
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 763 = CNG Electronic Auction 297 (27/02/2013), 173, obverse as 'Antoninus Pius' = Hochard 499c, pl. 25
6 6     Private coll. CGT, ex Kairos Numismatik