RPC IV.3, 10162 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 10162 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription οΜοΝοΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΘΚϹ
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 38 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre SNG 1227, pierced twice, 32.32g
2 2     Frank L. Kovacs 15 Mail Bid Sale (01/10/2003), 266, both sides tooled
3 3     B: Löbb, heavily cleaned, obverse with cuirass and paludamentum
4 4     G. Hirsch 197 (26/11/1997), 602, both sides tooled, reverse legend tooled to fit an 'alliance' coin between Printhus and Laodicea ad Lycum: 'ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ οΜοΝοΙΑ'