RPC IV.3, 6642 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6642 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝ[
Obverse design emperors Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, both wearing toga
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗϹ ΦΙΛ[?]ωΝ ΚΟΙ ϹΥΡ
Reverse design bust of Heracles (youthful), facing; over shoulder, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 2
Reference Spijkerman 26
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 326 Spijkerman 26, pl. 56 = BMC, p. xl, pl. XLIX.20 (rev.) = de Saulcy , pl. XXII.7, rev. image and legend heavily tooled
2 2     Spijkerman 26
3 3     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 573, obverse legend obscure