RPC IV.3, 6761 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6761 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG COL (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) col(onia)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, colony
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG BER (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus) Ber(ytus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus, Berytus
Reverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.04 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Sawaya 1233–40, Rouvier 541(3)
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70318 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut) = Sawaya 1233, pl. 20 (D271, R497)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70319 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Rouvier 541(3), pl. IG'.17 = Sawaya 1234, pl. 20 (D272, R498)
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     MNB 1008
5 5     Ronde C 193
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     MNB 1007
8 8     P Bab 1242 = E. Babelon, RN 1861, 6, no. 94, pl. IV.4 (drawing)
9 9     ✸ Private coll. R.G. McAlee
10 10     NY: 1944.100.63136, under 'Aelia Capitolina' SNG Palestine 606, under 'Aelia Capitolina'
11 11     V: GR 22063
12 12     V: GR 22064