RPC IV.3, 5735 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5735 (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 Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.38 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Devreker 180, no. 70–3, BMC 16
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 241 SNG 2601 = Wa 6667 = Devreker 180, no. 70, pl. 257
2 2     L: BMC 16
3 3     Weber 7776 = Niggeler 657, pl. 7
4 4     P: 242 SNG 2602 = Devreker 180, no. 71, pl. 257
5 5     vA 6220
6 6     V: GR 20020
7 7     P: 243 SNG 2603 = Devreker 180, no. 72, pl. 257
8 8     Mu Devreker 180, no. 73, pl. 257
9 9     Private coll. H. I. = Naville Numismatics 43 (23/09/2018), 171