RPC IV.2, 1359 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1359 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Ladi(kos?) Severus (archon)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ[ΟϹ] Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left, long beard with short curls) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΛΑΔ[ ] ϹΕΒΗΡΟΥ [ΑΡΧ?] ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ[ΕΩΝ]
Reverse design shrine with two columns enclosing statue of nude and radiate-headed Helios advancing, right, wearing chlamys, carrying long transverse sceptre(?) over shoulder, holding torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 1489
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 993 Wa 5144 = Hochard 1489a, pl. 78
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     Roma Numismatics 7 (22/03/2014), 869 = GRPCL Philadelphia 284, with traces of tooling