RPC IV.3, 5296 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5296 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑ Μ(sic) ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΩΚ(sic) Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
Reverse design to left, Ares standing, facing, wearing military dress, holding spear, resting hand on shield; to right, nude Aphrodite standing, facing, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 25, Dalaison 102
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb, authenticity doubtful: cast? Dalaison 102d
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1157 ex von Aulock 23 = Dalaison 102f
4 4     CNA 16, 16 Aug. 1991, lot 319 = CNG 43, 24 Sep. 1997, lot 949 = Dalaison 102g and Pl. 11
6 6     Boston: 1970.430 ex MMAG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 327, pl. 17 = Dalaison 102e