RPC IV.3, 6572 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 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
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

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