RPC IV.3, 6515 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6515 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Abila
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ΛϹ
Reverse design nude Heracles seated on rock, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 11a
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 11a, pl. 7, reverse tooled?
2 2     ✸ C: SNG 5977, reading year as '[Γ]ΛС', i.e. year 233' = Leake 7347, Suppl., p. 10.1,
3 3     de Saulcy 1
9 9     Münster: M 5807