RPC IV.3, 7154 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7154 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription S C (to l.) Κ (to r.) Α (below, numeral letters Α, Ε, Ϛ, or ΓΙ)
Edition Senatus Consulto κʹ αʹ S(enatus) C(onsulto) κʹ αʹ
Translation by decree of the Senate, 20, 1
Reverse design in laurel wreath; in upper field, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.83 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 1962
2 2     ✸ NY: 1974.226.207
3 3     Waage 535, illustrated
4 4     Waage 536
5 5     O
6 6     Private coll. CGT, ex Lanz, attribution to Verus not entirely certain
7 7     Richard McAlee coll. = R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, Supplement No. 1 (2010), 615(e) (this coin illustrated at p. 25)