RPC IV.3, 6188 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6188 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Paphlagonia
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖ(νος) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Antoninus, Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass, Marcus with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΗ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ ΜΗΤΡο ΠοΜΠΗΙο
Edition νείκη Σεβαστῶν μητρό(πολις) Πομπηιό(πολις)
Translation Victory of the Augusti, the metropolis Pompeiopolis
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) galloping over foe, right, each wearing military dress and holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 28.34 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Basel: 1967/23309 A.H. Cahn, in Provincialia. Festschrift Rudolf Laur-Belart (1968), p. 62, no. 17, found at Augst 1967