RPC IV.3, 8551 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

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 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
Translation of the Gadarenes, 225
Reverse design male bare head (youthful), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.33 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 59
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1965/788 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig, both sides with signs of tooling)
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