RPC IV.3, 5340 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5340 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, year
Dating 98 = 161/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΝΕΟΚ (ΝΕ[ ]) ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ϞΗ
Reverse design nude Dioscuri standing, facing, heads turned towards each other, above each head, star; each holding spear and chlamys; (between them, lighted altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Çizmeli 9–12, Rec 8–9, GM 577, no. 54
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-1187 vA 97 = Çizmeli 9, pl. I, reverse without altar
1 1     ✸ Private coll. CGT ex Ritter, under 'Nicomedia' and 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     Tokat: Inv. 86.40.44.28586 M. Amandry (ed.), Trésors et Circulation Monétaire en Anatolie Antique (Paris, 1994), p. 126, no. 8.1.1, pl. XXXIII.8.1, reverse without altar, reverse legend obscure
3 3     B: I-B GM 577, no. 54, pl. IV.15 = Rec 8, pl. XII.24 = Çizmeli 10, pl. I pierced, 12.84g
4 4     B: 1874/550
5 5     O
6 6     B: (Löbb) Çizmeli 11, pl. I
7 7     B: 1968/192 Çizmeli 12, pl. I, reverse legend obscure, broken, 8.98g
8 8     Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany