RPC IV.3, 5292 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5292 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 165 (AD 162/163)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠοΝ(Τ) ΕΤ ΡΞΕ
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 27(2) corr., Dalaison 130-136, 147-148
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 100 Wa 11 = Rec 27(2), pl. suppl. D.7 (rev.) = Dalaison 136a and Pl. 14
2 2     ✸ P: 851 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 145a
3 3     B: (Löbb) Dalaison 147b
4 4     B: Löbb, with traces of gold cover Dalaison 144a and Pl. 15
5 5     B: B-I Dalaison 131a and Pl. 14
6 6     Yale: ex PRF Dalaison 146a
7 7     Tokat: Inv. 75.21.32.1198 M. Amandry (ed.), Trésors et Circulation Monétaire en Anatolie Antique (Paris, 1994), p. 124, no. 6.1.5, pl. XXXII.6.5, date worn, perhaps similar type <IdType = -1739312365>
8 8     Tokat: Inv. 80.4.67.3442 M. Amandry (ed.), Trésors et Circulation Monétaire en Anatolie Antique (Paris, 1994), p. 124, not illustrated, reverse worn, perhaps similar type <IdType = -1739312365>
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 104, 9 Sep. 2000, lot 659
10 10     C. Scarlioli coll.