RPC IV.3, 8534 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8534 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗ(Λ) 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 ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ, S C (and below, numeral letter Ϛ or Ζ)
Edition ὁμόνοια Σεβαστῶν Senatus Consulto ὁμόνοια Σεβαστῶν S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation concord of the Augusti, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: no number
2 2     P: no number, under 'Unidentified', reverse legend with ΟΜΟΝΙΟΑ(sic) and numeral obscure
3 3     G: III, 558, no. 1, pl. 60.23 SNG 2999
4 4     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. (ex Kairos Numismatik 6, 19 Aug. 2018, lot 427) = R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, Supplement No. 2 (2020), no. 622A(b)
5 5     Richard McAlee coll. (ex Roma Numismatics, ESale 113, 28 Sept. 2023, lot 582)