RPC IV.3, 5831 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5831 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λού(κιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΙΑΝΩΝ ΟΛΒΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ
Edition ὁμόνοια Ἁδριαν(ῶν) Ἀντωνινιανῶν Ὀλβέων μητρό(πολις)
Translation concord, of the Hadrianic Antonine Olbans, metropolis
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands; each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Staffieri, Olba 53, BMC 28–9, G.M. Staffieri, QT 16 (1987), 236, no. 53
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 28
2 2     L: BMC 29
3 3     B: 1885/8 A. v. Sallet, ZfN 12 (1885), p. 370 (drawing) = KM 479, no. 2, comment = Staffieri, Olba 53, pl. V.46, drawing
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     vA 5796
6 6     NY: 1974.226.174
7 7     Private collection G.M. Staffieri, Lugano = G.M. Staffieri, QT 16 (1987), 236, no. 53, illustrated, see also pl. II for magnified illustration
8 8     ✸ P: 865 SNG 853
9 9     Private coll. CGT = Ziegler, Sammlungen, 375, pl. 18, ex private coll. Karbach, ex Münzhandlung Ritter