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)
Edition Αὐτο[---] Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor [---] Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
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)
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπο(λιτῶν)
Translation of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design in laurel wreath; in upper field, star; (in lower field, two palm-branches)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.80 g
Axis 6, 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: G.5340 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.