RPC IV.3, 3611 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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 Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus 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 colonia Aelia Capetolina col(onia) Aeli(a) Cape(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)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. S. Zeitzov, Jerusalem = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 61, pl. 83
2 2     P: 26
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 694