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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λού(κιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription οΛΒΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀλβεῶν
Translation of the Olbians
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 12
Reference Staffieri, Olba 54
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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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