RPC IV.1, 7396 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7396 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Serdica
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΡΔΩΝ
Edition Σερδών
Translation of the Serdians
Reverse design turreted female figure (Tyche or Homonoia?) seated, left, holding sceptre and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.38 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Mouchmov, Serdica 21–2, Ruzicka, Serdica 19 corr.
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake 8699, Suppl., p. 144.9 Mouchmov 4763 = Mouchmov, Serdica 21, pl. I (rev.) = Ruzicka, Serdica 19, pl. VI (rev.)
2 2     Gotha
3 3     St Petersburg
4 4     V: GR 8215, pierced, 8.98g
5 5     V: GR 8214, reverse worn
6 6     Plovdiv, National Museum
7 7     L: 1981-9-12-8, under 'Marcus Aurelius' = Mabbott 527, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
8 8     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 6 (23/03/2000) 192, pl. 10
9 9     Private coll. Robert Effler
10 10     Private coll. CGT = Roma Numismatics Electronic Auction 18 (27/06/2015), 652