RPC IV.3, 6472 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6472 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Κ[ΑΙ]ϹΑΡ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Caesar Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑ Ϲ ΚΟΙ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΖΚϹ
Edition Νύσα Σ(κυθόπολις) Κοί(λης) Συρίας ζκσʹ
Translation Nysa-Scythopolis, of Coele-Syria, 227
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.89 g
Axis 11
Reference Spijkerman 14
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ J-SBF Spijkerman 14, pl. 42