RPC IV, 6759


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6759 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.3
Number	6759 (temporary)
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Berytus
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	161–169
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG COL (all As shaped as Λ)
Obverse design	laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription	IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG BER (all As shaped as Λ)
Reverse design	laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	31 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Sawaya 1206 corr., Rouvier 541(1)
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			NY: 1944.100.70314 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1206, pl. 19 (D266, R484)		31	21.57	1		Show
2	2 ✸				Private coll. R.G. McAlee, reverse legend with ANTONNVS(sic), perhaps tooled	30	20.13	12		Show