RPC IV.3, 8551 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8551 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΚϹ
Reverse design male bare head (youthful), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 59
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1965/788 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig, both sides with signs of tooling)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69355 SNG 1316, date wrongly as ΔΚС
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 59
5 5     IMJ: Rosenberger 59 Spijkerman '58', pl. 30
6 6     ✸ Private coll. Robert Effler