RPC IV.3, 6644 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6644 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ ΚοΙΛΗϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ (Η in ΚοΙΛΗϹ shaped as И)
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλης Συρίας
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria
Reverse design laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.37 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 28
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ J-SBF Spijkerman 28
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 28