RPC IV.3, 6470 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6470 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ] ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡο ΑΥΓ
Edition [---] Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρο(ς) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation [---] Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ Ϲ ΚοΙ ϹΥΡ Ι ΕΤ ΖΚϹ (Ζ may be shaped as reversed Ζ)
Edition Νύσα Σ(κυθόπολις) Κοί(λης) Συρ(ίας) ἱ(ερᾶς) ἔτ(ους) ζκσʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, of Coele-Syria, sacred, year 227
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.86 g
Axis 11
Reference Spijkerman 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 12, pl. 41
2 2     ✸ CNG 31 (09/09/1994), 1333, on reverse, Z reversed