RPC IV.3, 6572 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6572 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡ[ΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription [ΑΡΟΤΗϹΙΟϹ] [ΑΝΤΙ]ΟΧΕωΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙΠ[ ]. ΖΕΥϹ (in pediment)
Edition Ἀροτήσιος Ἀντιοχέων πρὸς Ἱπ--- Ζεύς Ἀροτήσιος Ἀντιοχέων πρὸς Ἱπ[---] Ζεύς
Translation Zeus Arotesios, of the Antiochenes ad Hippum[---]
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Zeus standing, left, holding stalk(?) over uncertain object (animal?), resting arm on hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.88 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 14
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y23879/279 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig) = Spijkerman 14, pl. 36