RPC IV.3, 5744 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5744 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Doliche
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοΝ Α ΑΥΡΗ[ΛΙ]ΟΝ [
Edition [---] Ἀντωνῖνον Α(ὐτοκράτορα) Αὐρήλιον [---]
Translation [---] for Antoninus, for Emperor Aurelius [---]
Obverse design laureate heads of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other
Reverse inscription ΔΟΛΙΧΑΙωΝ Α
Edition Δολιχαίων αʹ
Translation of the Dolicheans, 1
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.93 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 1–2
Specimens 12 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 1, pl. XV.11
2 2     L: BMC 2
3 3     ✸ P: 1430
4 4     P: 1431
5 5     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1815
6 6     B: (Fox)
7 7     B: Löbb, obverse legend mostly obscure
8 8     V: GR 20832, authenticity doubtful: cast, obverse legend obscure, on reverse Greek numeral A uncertain
9 9     C: Leake 1615, Asiatic Greece, p. 53.2
10 10     O: worn
11 11     G: III, 125, no. 2 SNG II, no. 2619, worn
12 12     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 14 (16/04/2004), 601, pl. 12, worn