RPC IV.3, 6746 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6746 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΙ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος καὶ Οὐῆρος Σεβαστοί
Translation Antoninus and Verus Augusti
Obverse design laureate heads of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other; each with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΚΥ Ε ΑΡΑΔΙUΝ
Edition ακυʹ εʹ Ἀραδίων
Translation 421, 5, of the Aradians
Reverse design hump-backed bull galloping, left, head facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.01 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 410, BMC 379
Specimens 16 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Bab 1164, struck on a thick flan
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70764 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.70762 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
4 4     Beirut-AUB
5 5     Rollin & Feuardent Cat. 1864, no. 7524
6 6     P Bab 1165
7 7     L: BMC 379
8 8     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1254
9 9     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1255
10 10     B: 28796
11 11     B: (Löbb)
12 12     C: Leake 1279, Asiatic Greece, p. 27.11 (ex Borrell)
13 13     NY: 1944.100.70763
14 14     V: GR 22447
15 15     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 686, pl. 28
16 16     ✸ G: III, 235, no. 108 SNG II, no. 3258