RPC IV.3, 6161 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6161 (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 ΑΥΡΗ οΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription οΛΒΕΩΝ
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Staffieri, Olba 54
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 711, no. 569
2 2     Levante 659 = vA 5797 = Staffieri, Olba 54, pl. V.47
3 3     ✸ P: 1984/38 SNG 854
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     G: II, 540, no. 1 SNG I, no. 2305