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Image of specimen #5 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6627 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6627 (temporary) |
Province | Arabia |
Region | Arabia |
City | Petra |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | 161–169 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ ΚΑΙ οΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Ἀντωνῖνος καὶ Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστοί) |
Translation | Emperors Antoninus and Verus Augusti |
Obverse design | bare-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, each wearing paludamentum |
Reverse inscription | ΑΔΡΙ ΠΕΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡοΠοΛΙϹ |
Edition | Ἁδρι(ανὴ) Πέτρα μητρόπολις |
Translation | Hadrianic Petra, metropolis |
Reverse design | turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rock, left, extending right arm, holding trophy |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 7.40 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Spijkerman 20 |
Specimens | 6 (3 in the core collections) |