RPC IV.3, 5830 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5830 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λού(κιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΛΒΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀλβεῶν
Translation of the Olbians
Reverse design river-god (Kalikadnos) reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.29 g
Axis 12
Reference Staffieri, Olba 55, BMC 27
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 27, pl. XXII.12 (rev.), struck on too large a flan
2 2     Levante 658 = Staffieri, Olba 55, pl. V.48, struck on too large a flan
3 3     Private collection G.M. Staffieri, Lugano
4 4     Gromotka coll., ex Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 656 = Auctiones 3, 2012, lot 98
5 5     CGT coll.