RPC IV.3, 5294 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5294 (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 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ(Η) οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
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 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 28, Dalaison 104-115, 119, 121
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-1160 ex von Aulock 25 = Dalaison 114a and Pl. 12
3 3     Mu: acq. 1989/14
4 4     Mu Dalaison 110b and Pl. 12
5 5     MMAG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 328, pl. 17 = Dalaison 104a and Pl. 11
6 6     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 699, pl. 28
7 7     ✸ Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2193
8 8     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 589 = Dalaison 112b and Pl. 12