RPC IV.3, 25099 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25099 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡΩ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Λ(ουκίῳ) Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Οὐήρῳ Σεβ(αστῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ (Κ) ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝΤ(ΟΥ) ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Ἀµάσ(εια) νεωκ(όρος) κ(αὶ) μητ(ρόπολις) κ(αὶ) πρώ(της) Πόντου ἔτ(ους) ρξδʹ
Translation Hadrianic Amasea, neocoros and metropolis and first city of Pontus, year 164
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.62 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 27(1), Dalaison 116–118
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON Leypold I, no. 10 = Dalaison 118a and Pl. 12
6 6     ✸ Boston: 63.1182 Dalaison 116b and Pl. 12