RPC IV.3, 5746 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5746 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Germanicia Caesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ[Κ?] ΑΥΡ[Η?] ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λούκ(ιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, left
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ε(ωΝ)) ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΕ(ωΝ) ΚοΜ(Α), (in l. or r. field, Α)
Edition Καισαρέων Γερμανικέων Κομα(γενῶν)
Translation of the Caesarean Germanician Commageneans
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.89 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 1, pl. XVI.1 (rev.)
2 2     Alex G. Malloy 14 (02/02/1979), 800
3 3     P: 1425
4 4     Mu: 1
5 5     P: 1426, reverse legend with ΚƐСΑΡ(sic) ΓƐΡ...(sic) and without numeral
6 6     P: Duplicates, reverse legend obscure, probably without numeral
7 7     V: GR 20834, under 'Marcus Aurelius', obverse legend obscure
8 8     V: GR 20836, obverse legend obscure, perhaps Marcus Aurelius?
9 9     B: I-B, reverse legend with ΚƐСΑΡ(sic) ΓƐΡ...sic and without numeral
10 10     ✸ G: III, 126, no. 1 SNG II, no. 2616
11 11     Boston: 65.525
12 12     Richard McAlee Collection