RPC IV.3, 3584 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3584 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition ὁμόνοια Σεβαστῶν Ἁδριανῆς Τάρσου μητροπόλεως
Translation concord of the Augusti, Hadriac Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll; between them above, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 16.85 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.54547, on reverse, existence of star uncertain
2 2     V: GR 19218
3 3     ✸ P: 1239 SNG 1458
4 4     B: 18311128, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     C: SNG 5328 as 'Marcus' Leake 8179, Suppl., p. 98.11
6 6     D. Lowe coll.