RPC IV.3, 6229 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6229 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Ἀνκύρας
Translation of the metropolis of Ancyra
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.18 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: SNG 5390 Leake 1051, Asiatic Greece, p. 11.11, under 'Ancyra in Phrygia', coin now with other coins of Ancyra in Galatia in Suppl. section
2 2     ✸ P: 89 SNG 2454, obverse as 'laureate', struck on too large a flan