RPC IV.3, 6576 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6576 (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 ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟ Τω ΠΡ ΙΠ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡ Κ ΑϹΥΛΟΥ
Edition Ἀντιο(χέων) τῶ(ν) πρ(ὸς) Ἵπ(πῳ) τῆς ἱερ(ᾶς) κ(αὶ) ἀσύλου
Translation of the Antiochians near Hippum, the sacred and inviolable (city)
Reverse design turreted Tyche standing, left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.61 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 19
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908-1-10-2539
2 2     L: 1908-1-10-2541
3 3     L: 1925-11-11-2
4 4     P: 267
5 5     ✸ P: Y23879/281 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
6 6     P Spijkerman 19, pl. 37
7 7     C: Leake 7444, Suppl., p. 18.8
8 8     NY: 1944.100.69228 SNG 1139
9 9     NY: 1944.100.69229 SNG 1140
10 10     NY: 1944.100.69230 SNG 1141
11 11     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 433, pl. XXVI
12 12     Münster: M 5929
13 13     Brisbane: 1334