RPC IV.3, 6007 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6007 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Adana
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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀδριανῶν Ἀδανέων
Translation of the Hadrian Adaneans
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 26 mm
Average weight 11.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante, Adana 171–3 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 1472 Levante, Adana 171, pl. 20, 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     ✸ O J.G. Milne, NC 1940, 238, no. 5
3 3     Mu: no number
4 4     MMAG 383, no. 235