RPC IV.3, 5479 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5479 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤωΝ
Edition Αὐτοκρατόρων Σεβαστῶν
Translation of the Emperors Augusti
Obverse design bare heads of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, facing each other
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΠΑΡ
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.96 g
Axis 12
Reference H. v. Aulock, JNG 18 (1968), 44, no. 2
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1991/275 Levante 846 = H. v. Aulock, JNG 18 (1968), 44, no. 2, pl. 3.3, bought at Mersin
2 2     vA 6096 = H. Kricheldorf 4 (1957), 282
3 3     C McClean III, 7416, pl. 252.17, under 'Sebaste' = H. v. Aulock, JNG 18 (1968), 44, no. 2, pl. 3.4
4 4     J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3240, not illustrated, under 'Sebaste, Paphlagonia'
5 5     Adana: Cox 246, under 'Nicopolis in Judaea', bought at Tarsus
6 6     L: 1920-11-12-6, under 'Sebaste' and obverse as 'Trajan'
7 7     Levante S1, 229 = Schulten 22 (11/04/1988), 515, under 'Sebaste in Paphlagonia'
8 8     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 571, pl. 29, private coll., Duisburg