RPC IV.3, 6678 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΚϹ
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
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 54
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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