RPC IV.3, 8011 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8011 (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 ΑΥΤΟΚ(ΡΑΤωΡ) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ Τ Π ΑΡΓΑΙω ΕΤ(ΟΥϹ) Ε
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with tall conical top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference S Suppl. 361c corr.
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.62561, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
2 2     P: 469, on obverse, cuirass and paludamentum not very clear
3 3     P: 471, date and thus attribution to this type uncertain
4 4     V: GR 20125, under 'Marcus Aurelius', conical top off flan
5 5     B: alter Bestand
6 6     ✸ Private coll. Krengel, Berlin
7 7     Henseler 579 = Ganschow 282d
8 8     Henseler 580 = Ganschow 282e
9 9     Henseler 578 = Ganschow 282d = Grün 20, 1997, lot 98