RPC IV.3, 5751 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5751 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Α Κ Λ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription Φ ϹΑΜ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤ ΜΗΤ ΚΟΜ ΕΤ ΑϘ
Edition Φ(λαουίων) Σαμ(οσατέων) ἱερ(ῆς) ἀσύ(λου) αὐτ(ονόμου) μητ(ροπόλεως) Κομ(μαγηνῶν) ἔτ(ους) αϙʹ
Translation of the Flavian Samosateans, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, metropolis of Commagenes, year 91
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.28 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 30
Specimens 10 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65197
2 2     P: 1473, on reverse, date obscure
3 3     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1101, date obscure
4 4     P: Delepierre 5, under 'Marcus Aurelius', date obscure
5 5     L: 1931,0603.2
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65196, reverse legend variation with СΑΜΟ and ΜΗΤΡ, date obscure, attribution to this type uncertain
7 7     ✸ V: GR 20861
8 8     C: SNG 5842 Leake 2296, Asiatic Greece, p. 106.5
9 9     O
10 10     G: III, 128, no. 21 SNG II, no. 2600, date obscure