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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6416 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6416 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Palaestina |
Region | Judaea |
City | Aelia Capitolina |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | 161–169 |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAES ANToNINO ET VERo AVG |
Edition | Imp(eratoribus) Caes(aribus) Antonino et Vero Aug(ustis) |
Translation | to Emperors Caesar Antoninus and Verus Augusti |
Obverse design | laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on right) and Lucius Verus (on left), facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum |
Reverse inscription | CoL AEL CAP |
Edition | col(onia) Ael(ia) Cap(itolina) |
Translation | colony of Aelia Capitolina |
Reverse design | draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, left |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 22 mm |
Average weight | 9.88 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 56, BMC 51–3 |
Specimens | 10 (8 in the core collections) |