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Image of specimen #5 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6598 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6598 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Syria |
City | Gerasa |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | 161–169 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛοΥΚΙ οΥΗ |
Edition | Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λούκι(ος) Οὐῆ(ρος) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Verus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, left |
Reverse inscription | ΑΝ Τω ΠΡ ΧΡ Τω ΠΡ ΓΕ |
Edition | Ἀν(τιοχέων) τῶ(ν) πρ(ὸς) Χρ(υσορρόᾳ) τῶ(ν) πρ(ότερον) Γε(ρασηνῶν) |
Translation | of the Antiochenes ad Chrysorhoam, formerly Gerasa |
Reverse design | to left, turreted Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia, resting foot on swimming river-god; to right, male figure (emperor or founder?) standing, left, holding spear and short sceptre |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 10.63 g |
Axis | 1, 12 |
Reference | Spijkerman 16 |
Specimens | 9 (6 in the core collections) |