RPC IV.3, 6869 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6869 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ Τ Π ΑΡΓΑΙω ΕΤΟ Β
Edition Καισαρέων τ(ῶν) π(ρὸς) Ἀργαίῳ ἔτο(υς) βʹ
Translation of the Caesareans on Argaeus, year 2
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with tall conical top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.00 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S Suppl. 359a
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.62560, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
2 2     B: Rauch
3 3     ✸ NY: 1977.274.9, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus, obverse worn, under 'Antoninus Pius?', both legends obscure, on reverse conical top uncertain, date uncertain