RPC IV, 8008


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8008 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	8008 (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 ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός
Translation	Emperor Verus Augustus
Obverse design	bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription	ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Β
Edition	ὕπατος β' ὕπατος β'
Translation	consul for the second time
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus with trees; on summit, Helios standing, left, holding globe and long sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	7.00 g
Axis	6, 12
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 461A, authenticity doubtful: cast, on obverse, traces of drapery uncertain		21	8.38	12	Show
2	2	P: 462B, authenticity doubtful: cast		23	5.82	12	Show
3	3 ✸		V. Wishnevsky coll = Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 704, pl. 29	23	8.66	12	Show
4	4		CGT coll.	20	5.13	6	Show