RPC IV.3, 8325 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8325 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Α Κ Λ ΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, left
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝοΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design Homonoia standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Devreker 181, no. 83, Cop 125
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 6221
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62262 Devreker 181, no. 83, pl. 258
3 3     Pessinus Excavations, Inv. 69 B 35 = Devreker 193, no. 11, pl. 265
4 4     Cop: 125
5 5     C Leake 2220, Asiatic Greece, p. 98.8 (authenticity doubtful: cast?)
6 6     O: pierced, 17.30g
7 7     Private coll. CGT = Leu Numismatik Electronic Auction 16 (30/05/2021), 2931
8 8     H.I. coll.