RPC IV.1, 5704 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5704 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ϹΥΡΓΑϹΤΕΙΟϹ(sic) ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ζεὺς Συργάστειος Τιανῶν
Translation Zeus Syrgastes, of the Tians
Reverse design Zeus Syrgastes standing, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 89
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1654 Wa 550 = Rec 89, pl. CVIII.30 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1971-7-2-8, under 'Commodus'