RPC IV.3, 6747 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6747 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΙ
Obverse design laureate heads of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other; each with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription ΑΚΥ Ε ΑΡΑΔΙUΝ
Reverse design goddess seated on rudder, left, wearing kalathos, holding end of rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 2, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 411 corr., BMC 380–2, Cop 82
Specimens 38 (30 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70760 (probably = Rouvier 411, pl. IA'.22 (rev.), ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
1 1     P: 85, under 'Abydus'
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70761 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
3 3     Ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut
4 4     A: 61736
5 5     Beirut-AUB
6 6     Rollin & Feuardent Cat. 1864, no. 7525
7 7     P Bab 1166
8 8     P Bab 1168, date obscure, perhaps similar type
9 9     Lischine
10 10     P Bab 1167
11 11     L: BMC 380, pl. VI.7
12 12     L: BMC 381
13 13     L: BMC 382
14 14     P: no number, 1926/12
15 15     P: no number, 1925/20, ex coll. Platt
16 16     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1250
17 17     ✸ P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1251
18 18     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1252
19 19     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1253, obverse legend obscure, date obscure
20 20     B: I-B
21 21     B: (Löbb)
22 22     B: (Löbb)
23 23     B: (Löbb)
24 24     Cop: 82
25 25     Mu: 40a, obverse legend obscure, date obscure
26 26     NY: 1944.100.70759
27 27     NY: 1948.19.2174
28 28     NY: 1948.19.2175
29 29     NY: 1992.54.678 (gift of Lindgren)
30 30     V: GR 22448
31 31     V: GR 22449, both legends obscure
32 32     V: GR 24863, obverse legend obscure
33 33     Lindgren I, 2239
34 34     Bern: Righetti 2230
35 35     O
36 36     G: III, 235, no. 109 SNG II, no. 3259, worn, date uncertain
37 37     Leeds-UL: 1246 Glendining 08/10/1991, 1785