RPC IV.2, 9708 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9708 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΚΑ[ΙϹΑΡ] Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑ ΑΡΗΑ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀθηνᾶ Ἄρηα Ἐφεσίων Ἀθηνᾶ Ἄρηα Ἐφεσίων
Translation Athena Areia, of the Ephesians
Reverse design Athena Area advancing, right, holding harpa, shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 322, Franke & Nollé 321 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 34588, under 'Ephesus, alliance coins' Karwiese 322 (V6, R15) = Franke & Nollé 321, pl. 19, wrongly restoring reverse legend as 'ΑΘΗ[ΝΑΙΩΝ] ƐΦƐСΙΩΝ' and interpreting the coin as an 'alliance' coin of Ephesus with Athens
2 2     Bern: 89.16 Kapossy, no. 22, record in card index of V Universität
3 3     V-Universität: Inv. 7096, ex coll. Schöller
4 4     MünzZentrum 36 (07/11/1979), 55