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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6413 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6413 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Palaestina |
Region | Judaea |
City | Aelia Capitolina |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | 161–169 |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAES ANToNINo ET VERo AVG (all As may be shaped as Λ) |
Edition | Imp(eratoribus) Caes(aribus) Antonino et Vero Aug(ustis) |
Translation | to Emperors Caesar Antoninus and Verus Augusti |
Obverse design | laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum |
Reverse inscription | CoL AEL CAP (may be facing outward, As may be shaped as Λ) |
Edition | col(onia) Ael(ia) Cap(itolina) |
Translation | colony of Aelia Capitolina |
Reverse design | temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on uncertain object, left, holding human bust and long sceptre |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 30 mm |
Average weight | 20.44 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 12 |
Reference | Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 52, 52a and 53, BMC 40–2 |
Specimens | 12 (8 in the core collections) |