RPC IV.3, 6229 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6229 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: SNG 5390 Leake 1051, Asiatic Greece, p. 11.11, under 'Ancyra in Phrygia', coin now with other coins of Ancyra in Galatia in Suppl. section
2 2     ✸ P: 89 SNG 2454, obverse as 'laureate', struck on too large a flan