RPC IV.3, 5340 (temporary)

 

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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)
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΝΕΟΚ (ΝΕ[ ]) ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝ ΕΤ ϘΗ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆς) Νεοκ(εσαρίας) νε[---] μητρο(πόλεως) Πόν(του) ἔτ(ους) ϙηʹ
Translation of Hadrianic Neocaesarea, ne[---], metropolis of Pontus, year 98
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
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Çizmeli 9–12, Rec 8–9, GM 577, no. 54
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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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