RPC IV.3, 6573 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6573 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡο
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤ ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΘΚϹ
Edition Ἀντ(ιοχέων) πρ(ὸς) Ἵπ(πῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύ(λου) θκσʹ
Translation of the Antiochenes ad Hippum, sacred, inviolable, 229
Reverse design turreted Tyche standing, left, holding small horse and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 15–16
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y23879/280 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
2 2     Private coll. E. Grosswirth
3 3     ✸ L: 1908-1-10-2542
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69231 SNG 1142
5 5     NY: 1961.154.167 SNG 1143
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 434, pl. XXVI
7 7     Münster: M 5926