RPC IV.3, 5820 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5820 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΜοΨΕΑΤΩΝ ΕΤ ΛϹ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Μοψεατῶν ἔτ(ους) λσʹ
Translation of the Hadrian Mopsians, of year 153
Reverse design Nike standing on globe, right, holding palm-branch, holding wreath over altar on stand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.53 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference vA Mopsos 44, BMC 18
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 18, pl. XVIII.10 (rev.), obverse legend with οΥΗΡΡοС(sic), perhaps tooled? vA Mopsos 44, pl. 3.39
2 2     V: GR 19135
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     vA 5740
5 5     Cop SNG suppl. 585