RPC IV.3, 6990 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6990 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ[ ]? Λ ΑΥΡΗ(Λ(Ι)) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ (ϹΕΒ)
Obverse design radiate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟ and below, numeral Α with curved crossbar, Β, Γ, Δ or Ε
Reverse design in laurel wreath; in upper field, star; (in lower field, two palm-branches)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 33, Cop 59
Specimens 19 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1694
2 2     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1427A, obverse perhaps Marcus Aurelius, on reverse, reading of numeral as Α(with curved crossbar) uncertain
3 3     V: GR 21008
4 4     O
5 5     P: no number (Seymour de Ricci), reading of numeral as Γ uncertain
6 6     C: 1950/492
7 7     O
8 8     L: BMC 33, slightly misreading obverse legend as 'ΘƐΑС СΥΡΑС(sic) ΙƐΡΟΠ Δ'
9 9     P: 1701
10 10     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1428
11 11     C: Mossop
12 12     O
13 13     ✸ B: I-B, reverse with two additional palm-branches
14 14     NY: 1944.100.65391
15 15     O: reverse with two additional palm-branches
16 16     C: Leake 1869, Asiatic Greece, p. 68.1, obverse legend obscure, attribution to Verus rather than Marcus uncertain, in Leake under 'Marcus Aurelius', under head, additional palm-branch, tooled?, on reverse, numeral uncertain
17 17     Cop: 59, on reverse, numeral uncertain
18 18     Richard McAlee coll.
19 19     Richard McAlee coll.