RPC IV.3, 5738 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5738 (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 ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥ(ΝΤΙ(ΩΝ))
Edition Πεσσινουντίων
Translation of the Pessinuntians
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.66 g
Axis 6
Reference Devreker 180, no. 79–81, BMC 20
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2694 vA 6219
2 2     Drexler, NZ 21 (1889), p. 229
3 3     P: 237 SNG 2604 = Wa 6666 = Devreker 180, no. 80, pl. 258
4 4     L: BMC 20, pl. IV.7
5 5     B: (Löbb)