RPC IV.3, 6760 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6760 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG COL (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Antoninus Aug(ustus) col(onia)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, colony
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG BER (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus) Ber(ytus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus, Berytus
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.07 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sawaya 1222–32, Rouvier 541(2), BMC 111–12, Cop 104
Specimens 16 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70315 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70316 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
3 3     L: 1907,1102.4 BMC 111 = Sawaya 1224, pl. 20 (R492)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.70317 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1225, pl. 20 (R493)
5 5     NY: 1948.19.2141 (ex Huntington, ex Gautier) = Sawaya 1226, pl. 20 (R494)
6 6     B: alter Bestand
7 7     L: 1908,0110.1127 BMC 112 = Sawaya 1228, pl. 20 (R495)
8 8     Cop: 104 Sawaya 1229, pl. 20 (R496)
9 9     Ronde C 194
10 10     B: 10300
11 11     Ronde C 194
12 12     C: General collection
13 13     C: 1948/607
14 14     O
15 15     Leeds-UL: 1279 D. Turner 12/07/1992
16 16     ✸ Savoca Coins Blue 221st Weekly Blue, 6 July 2024, lot 502