RPC IV.3, 6283 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6283 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Capitolias
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΠΙΤωΛΙΕωΝ Ι(ΕΡ) Α(ϹΥ) Α(ΥΤ) ΗΞ
Edition Καπιτωλιέων ἱερᾶς ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου ηξʹ Καπιτωλιέων ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτ(ονόμου) ηξʹ
Translation of the Capitolians, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, 68
Reverse design temple with six columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of turreted Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on low base, left, holding human bust and long sceptre, resting foot on swimming river-god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.99 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 7, BMC 1
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 1, pl. XXXIII.9 (rev.)
2 2     Spijkerman 7, pl. 19
3 3     B: 1933/25, on reverse, date obscure, but attribution to this type likely
4 4     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 668