RPC IV.3, 4959 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4959 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙ ΒΗΡΟϹ
Edition Καῖ(σαρ) Βῆρος
Translation Caesar Verus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΓΕΩΝ
Edition Σελγέων
Translation of the Selgeans
Reverse design winged thunderbolt and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.57 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 75 corr., Cop 278 corr.
Specimens 22 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 75, obverse as 'Lucius Verus'
2 2     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 916, pl. 49, obverse as 'Lucius Verus' = Peus 360 (27/04/1999), 642, pl. 26, obverse as 'Lucius Verus'
3 3     NY: 1944.100.52162
4 4     NY: 1944.100.52167, under 'Lucius Verus'
5 5     ✸ Yale: ex PRF
6 6     Cop: 278, under 'Lucius Verus'
7 7     Mu: 25b (acc. 92623), under 'Lucius Verus'
8 8     V: GR 30322, broken, 3.90g
9 9     V: GR 32192
10 10     Peus 369 (31/10/2001), 1186, pl. 56, under 'Lucius Verus'
11 11     C: Leake 2368, Asiatic Greece, p. 112.8, obverse as 'Roman Senate'
12 12     C McClean III, 9026 (not illustrated)
13 13     C McClean III, 9028, pl. 324.25, under 'Verus'
14 14     O
15 15     B: (Fox)
16 16     B: B-I
17 17     C: Leake 8073, Suppl., p. 88.9, as 'Hadrian'
18 18     C: SNG 5196, as 'Verus'
19 19     C: Mossop, as 'Verus'
20 20     C: Mossop, as 'Verus'
21 21     Boston: 62.1258
22 22     Boston: 63.913