RPC IV.3, 8325 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Οὖ(ερος) Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, left
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝοΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Πεσσινουντίων
Translation of the Pessinuntians
Reverse design Homonoia standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.40 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Devreker 181, no. 83, Cop 125
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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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.