RPC IV, 3611


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3611 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	3611 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Judaea
City	Aelia Capitolina
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	161–169
Obverse inscription	[IMP C]AES L AVREL VERV[S AVG] (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition	Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription	COL AELI CAPE(sic) (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition	col(onia) Aeli(a) Capi(tolina)
Translation	Colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design	she-wolf standing on base, right, head, left, feeding twins
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	33.36 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 61
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1		Private coll. S. Zeitzov, Jerusalem = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 61, pl. 83	35	31.03	12	Show
2	2	P: 26		33	37.74	11	Show
3	3 ✸		CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 694	33	31.30	11	Show