RPC IV.3, 4879 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4879 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year 165 (AD 162/163)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΕ
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 29, BMC 5, Dalaison 137–143, 149–151
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 99 Dalaison 149d
2 2     L BMC 5 = Dalaison 149c and Pl. 15
3 3     B: I-B Dalaison 140a and Pl. 15
4 4     B: Löbb, reverse legend with signs of tooling Dalaison 150b and Pl. 15
5 5     V: GR 37752
6 6     ✸ P: 865 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 139a and Pl. 14
7 7     Yale: ex PRF Dalaison 149e
8 8     Bern: Righetti 544 Dalaison 141b and Pl. 15
9 9     C: SNG 4032 Dalaison 141c