RPC IV.3, 6679 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6679 (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 ΠοΜ ΓΑΔΑΡ ΕΚϹ
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Heracles (youthful) wearing lion skin knotted at neck, right; to right, thunderbolt(?); to left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 55
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 55, pl. 29, on l.
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 55, pl. 29, on r., with 6KC rather than eKC
3 3     L: 1908-1-10-2463, on reverse, date obscure
4 4     L: 1931-6-3-17, obverse with with cuirass only
5 5     NY: 1961.154.195 SNG 1317, obverse with cuirass only
6 6     ✸ V: GR 33552, obverse double struck, authenticity doubtful: cast?, with 6KC rather than eKC
7 7     C: Leake 7764, Suppl., p. 54.6
8 8     Münster: M 5898
9 9     Münster: M 5899
10 10     Private coll. Robert Effler