RPC IV.3, 6628 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6628 (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
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Lucius Verus (on right), facing each other, each wearing paludamentum(?)
Reverse inscription ΑΔ(ΡΙ) ΠΕΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡοΠοΛΙϹ
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 21
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Spijkerman 21, pl. 49, refering to G.F. Hill, NC 1924, 16, no. 33, but this is Spijkman 9 and Hadrian
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69391 SNG 1367
3 3     ✸ Private coll. Robert Effler
4 4     Münster: M 5990