RPC IV.2, 923 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 923 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Orthosia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) and Lucius Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161-165
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡΑ(sic) ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ<ο>κρά(τωρ) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Aurelius Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΡΘΩϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀρθωσιέων Ὀρθωσιέων
Translation of the Orthosians
Reverse design nude Dioscuri standing, facing, heads turned towards each other, each holding chlamys and spear; between two horses
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.82 g
Axis 12
Reference Delrieux, Harpasos 54-5, no. OP/16, KM 149, no. 3 corr.
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B KM 149, no. 3, misreading obv. legend as 'ΑVΤΚΡΑ Μ ΟVΗΡΟϹ ϹƐΒ' and hence interpreting the emperor as 'Marcus Aurelius' = Delrieux, Harpasos 55, no. OP/16(28d), pl. 21
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb Delrieux, Harpasos 54, no. OP/16(28b), pl. 21
3 3     P: 876 Delrieux, Harpasos 54, no. OP/16(28a), pl. 21
4 4     O Delrieux, Harpasos 54, no. OP/16(28c), pl. 21
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Themis Numismatics 8 (18/10/2020), 478
6 6     Warsaw Delrieux, Harpasos 55, no. OP/16(28e), pl. 21