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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Lucius Aurelius Verus
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]
Edition ἐπὶ Λαδ--- Σεβήρου ἄρχοντος Φιλαδελφέων ἐπὶ Λαδ[---] Σεβήρου ἄρχ(οντος) Φιλαδελφέων
Translation under Ladi[---] Severus, archon, of the Philadelphians
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
Average weight 26.65 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 1489
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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