RPC IV.3, 3644 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3644 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΑΝΑΖΑΡ ΕΤ ΒΠΡ
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding Nike (over altar) and spear; leaning against spear, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos 173–5
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante 1396 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 173.1, pl. 6, reverse without altar
2 2     Kölner Münzkabinett 38 (1985), 220, reverse without altar
3 3     L: 1912-1-1-11
4 4     Istanbul: KD 762-1697-1966
5 5     Lindgren
6 6     Ratto (04/1927), 2295
7 7     Boston: 63.2955
8 8     Private coll. C. Fontana 15
9 9     Private coll. C. Fontana 14
10 10     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53058
11 11     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 995, pl. 51, private coll., Kaarst, Germany = Ziegler, Anazarbos 174.9, pl. 6 (rev.)
12 12     Bern: Righetti 1494 Ziegler, Anazarbos 175.1, pl. 6 (rev.)
13 13     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 943, pl. 50
14 14     D. Lowe Coll.