RPC IV.3, 5734 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5734 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Α Κ Λ οΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤοϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Οὖ(ερος) Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, left
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Πεσσινουντίων
Translation of the Pessinuntians
Reverse design nude Hermes standing, facing, head, left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Devreker 181–2, no. 91–4, Addendum 190, no. 214, BMC 15
Specimens 15 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-2695 vA 6222
2 2     G: II, 571, no. 2 SNG I, no. 2160 = Devreker 181, no. 91, pl. 258
3 3     V: GR 36382 Prowe III, 2362
4 4     NY: 1950.90.2 Devreker 181, no. 92, pl. 258
5 5     L: BMC 15
6 6     Mabbott 2287
7 7     ✸ P: 240 SNG 2609 = Wa 6670 = Devreker 181, no. 93, pl. 258
8 8     Boston: 64.1435
9 9     V: GR 36383 Prowe III, 2362
10 10     Istanbul
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: (Löbb)
13 13     Lanz 106 (26/11/2001), 487, pl. 24
14 14     Cop SNG suppl. 624
15 15     Nomos Obolos 15 (25/05/2020), 672