RPC IV.3, 8551 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8551 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΚϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων εκσʹ Γαδαρέων εκσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, 225
Reverse design male bare head (youthful), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.13 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 59
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1965/788 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69355 SNG 1316, date wrongly as ΔΚС
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
5 5     IMJ: Rosenberger 59 Spijkerman '58', pl. 30
6 6     Private coll. Robert Effler
7 7     ✸ TimeLine 162, 4–9 Mar. 2025, lot 3111
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.