RPC IV.3, 6871 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6871 (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 ΑΥΤΟΚΡ(Α) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ Τ Π(Ρ) ΑΡΓΑΙω ΕΤ(ο) Β
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with tall conical top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 7, 10, 11, 12
Reference S Suppl. 359c, Cop 239 corr.
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: II, 590, no. 58 SNG I, no. 2241
2 2     P: 464A
3 3     ✸ B: (Löbb)
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     B: Rauch
7 7     NY: 1944.100.62559
8 8     Cop: 239, obverse legend obscure, identity of obverse emperor uncertain, in Cop as 'Antoninus Pius' and obverse as 'bare'
9 9     Private coll. Robert Effler = Numismatic Bibliomania Society 7, 562
10 10     Henseler 536 = Ganschow 279c = Grün 20, 1997, lot 98
11 11     Henseler 537 = Ganschow 279c = Müller 47, 1984, lot 241