RPC IV.3, 5291 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5291 (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 164 (AD 161/162)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡΩ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝΕΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΞΔ
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 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 27(1), Dalaison 103 & 120
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 98 Rec 27(1), pl. suppl. D.6 = Dalaison 103e and Pl. 11
2 2     P: 882 (ex Grand Duc coll.) Dalaison 103f
3 3     B: Fox Dalaison 103d
4 4     L: 1979-1-1-1161 (ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA), heavily tooled Dalaison 120a and Pl. 13
5 5     V: GR 32123 Dalaison 103g
7 7     Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 429
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1579 (ex Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1922)