RPC IV.3, 4922 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4922 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤο ϹΕΒΑϹΤ(ωΝ)
Edition Αὐτοκρατό(ρων) Σεβαστῶν
Translation of the Emperors Augusti
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒϹΤΗ(sic) ΜΗΤΡ ΠΑΡ
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield; to right, upright spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.96 g
Axis 12
Reference H. v. Aulock, JNG 18 (1968), 43, no. 1, Rec ('Sebaste') 2–3
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) H. v. Aulock, JNG 18 (1968), 43, no. 1, pl. 3.1
2 2     ✸ V: GR 36373 NC 1895, p. 278 = Prowe III, 2301, pl. XXXVI, under 'Zephyrion' = H. v. Aulock, JNG 18 (1968), 43, no. 1, pl. 3.2
3 3     St Petersburg
4 4     Private coll. Boukowski = A. Boutkowski, RN 1883, p. 380, pl. IX.12 (drawing), slightly misreading reverse legend as '... ΜΗΤΡΟΠ. ΑΡ.'
5 5     P: 639 Rec ('Sebaste') 3, pl. XXIII.27
6 6     Levante 845
7 7     A: 19/4929aa
8 8     A: 4929A