RPC IV.3, 6421 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6421 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription CoL AEL CAP (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition col(onia) Ael(ia) Cap(itolina)
Translation Colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 18.98 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 62 and 62a, Kadman I, 70$, BMC 59
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 59, pl. IX.19 (rev.) Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 62, pl. 83 = Kadman I, 70
2 2     NY: 1944.100.63138 SNG 608
3 3     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 62a, pl. 83, worn
4 4     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 300, pl. XIX