RPC IV.3, 8595 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8595 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝ[ΤΩ]ΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟΥ (ΙΟΥ in field)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Ἰου(λίων)
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus, of the Julians
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΛΑ (in r. field and numeral letter Θ or Μ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Οὐῆρος Λα(οδικέων?)
Translation Emperor Caesar Verus, of the Laodiceans
Reverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.81 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1192, numeral obscure
2 2     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1729
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66391
4 4     NY: 1938.127.183
5 5     Zeus Numismatics 20 (12/12/2021), 441