RPC IV.3, 6759 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus) col(onia)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus, Colony
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG BER (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) Ber(ytus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Berytus
Reverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.85 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sawaya 1206 corr., Rouvier 541(1)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70314 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1206, pl. 19 (D266, R484)
2 2     ✸ Private coll. R.G. McAlee, reverse legend with ANTONNVS(sic), perhaps tooled