RPC IV.3, 3643 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3643 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΩ ΕΤ ΒΠΡ
Edition Και(σαρέων) τῶν πρὸς τῷ Ἀναζάρβῳ ἔτ(ους) βπρʹ
Translation of the Caesareans near Anazarbus, of year 182
Reverse design river-god reclining, left, holding long reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.28 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos 169–72
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 1397 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 169.1, pl. 6 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ NY: 1980.6.1
3 3     P: 169 SNG 2034
4 4     Private coll. Marcinkowski
5 5     Lindgren I, 1429
6 6     Boston: 63.2610
7 7     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 996, pl. 51, private coll. Karbach = Ziegler, Anazarbos 170.3, pl. 6 (rev.)
8 8     Bern: Righetti 1495 Ziegler, Anazarbos 171.1, pl. 6 (rev.)
9 9     Private coll. C. Bennett
10 10     Private coll. Marcinkowski
11 11     Private coll., Munich II = Ziegler, Anazarbos 172.2, pl. 6 (rev.)