RPC IV.3, 4117 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4117 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Α Κ Λ ΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Οὖ(ερος) Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, left
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Πεσσινουντίων
Translation of the Pessinuntians
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated in biga drawn by two lions, left, holding patera(?), resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.64 g
Axis 6
Reference Devreker 180, no. 74
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 235 SNG 2606 = Wa 6664 = Devreker 180, no. 74, pl. 257