RPC IV.3, 6456 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6456 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Gaza
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ οΥΗΡοϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΚϹ ΓΑΖΑ (Ζ may be shaped as reversed Ζ)
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding long sceptre and cornucopia; to left, heifer standing, left; to right, Gaza-symbol (mem)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 102–3
Specimens 14 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 102, pl. XVI.7 (rev.)
2 2     P: 195
3 3     V: GR 22603
4 4     L: BMC 103 de Saulcy 224, no. 2
5 5     P: 194
6 6     O
7 7     B: 19543
8 8     B: (Löbb)
9 9     B: (Löbb)
10 10     G: III, 284, no. 9 SNG II, no. 3612
11 11     G: III, 384, no. 8 SNG II, no. 3611
12 12     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 370, pl. XXII
13 13     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 371, pl. XXII, date uncertain
14 14     Münster: M 1530