RPC IV.3, 6351 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6351 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤοΚ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛΑΙϹ(ΤΙ) ΕΤ Ϟ
Reverse design cult statue of Zeus Heliopolites/Baal of Neapolis(?) standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding whip and two ears of corn; between two foreparts of bulls
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 73–6
Specimens 8 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 73, obverse without traces of drapery
2 2     P: coll. Count Melchior de Vogüe 410, obverse without traces of drapery
3 3     L: BMC 74
4 4     L: BMC 75
5 5     L: BMC 76
6 6     P: 155(2)
7 7     P: 171A
8 8     B: (Löbb)