RPC IV.3, 6678 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6678 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΚϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων εκσʹ Γαδαρέων εκσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, 225
Reverse design laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right; to right, thunderbolt(?); to left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.02 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 54
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 54
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 54
3 3     ✸ P: Y23879/306, date worn, but same obverse die as Spijkerman 54, pl. 29
4 4     J.G. Kiss coll. = Aphrodite G12, lot 463