RPC IV.3, 6422 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6422 (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 AVR VERVS AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription FAVSTINA AVGVSTA C A C (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Faustina Augusta c(olonia) A(elia) C(apitolina)
Translation Faustina Augusta, colony Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 15.30 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 63, BMC 60–1
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-MJA Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 63, pl. 83
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 60, pl. X.1 de Saulcy 92
3 3     L: BMC 61
4 4     NY: 1944.100.63139 SNG 609
5 5     V: GR 22558