RPC IV.3, 6680 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6680 (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 ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) 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 ϚΚϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων ϛκσʹ Γαδαρέων ϛκσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, 276
Reverse design laureate head of Heracles (youthful) with lion skin knotted at neck, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.22 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Spijkerman 56
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 56, pl. 29
2 2     ✸ P: 296
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 416, pl. XXV
5 5     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 417, pl. XXV
6 6     Münster: M 5900
7 7     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = Naville 101, 26 Apr. 2026, lot 309 (ex Rev. E. Rogers coll., ex C. Vermeule coll.)