RPC IV.3, 3590 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3590 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Φ ϹΑΜ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥ[Τ?] ΜΗΤ ΚΟΜ ΕΤ Ϟ
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 1063, pl. 57
2 2     P: 1472
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65198
4 4     NY: 1938.127.178, worn, attribution to this type and to Samosata uncertain
5 5     ✸ O: date obscure