Æ23 - Lucius Verus ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟ

Features

Issuer	Hierapolis Bambyce (Syria)
Emperor	Lucius Verus (Lucius Aurelius Verus) (161-169)
Caesar	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (147-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	161-169
Composition	(copper alloy)
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 363395
References	RPC Online IV.3# 6991 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , BMC Greek# 34 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 59 var. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Butcher# 45 Kevin Butcher; 2004. Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Munich 28# 473 Hans Roland Baldus; 2001. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 28. Syrien: Nicht-königliche Prägungen. Hirmer, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Emperor Lucius Verus facing right.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹЄΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖϲαρ Λούκιος Αυρήλιος Οὐῆρος Cεβαϲτός.

Reverse

(en) Inscription in three lines within laureal wreath.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΘƐΑϹ ϹΥΡΙ
AC IЄPOΠO
· Г ·

Unabridged legend: Θɛαϲ Συρίας Ιɛροπολιτων.

Mint

Hierapolis Euphratensis / Bambyce, Cyrrhestica, modern-day Manbij, Syria

Comments

(en) Usually struck in coin or medal alignment.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (161-169)												(en) A (1)
ND (161-169)												(en) A with curved crossbar (1)
ND (161-169)												(en) AI (11)
ND (161-169)												(en) B (2)
ND (161-169)												(en) inverted Z (7)
ND (161-169)												(en) Γ (3)
ND (161-169)												(en) Δ (4)
ND (161-169)												(en) Ϛ (6)
ND (161-169)												(en) Ζ (7)
ND (161-169)												(en) Η (8)
ND (161-169)												(en) Θ (9)
ND (161-169)												(en) Ι (10)
ND (161-169)												(en) ΙA (11)
ND (161-169)												(en) Є (5)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 11 Lot 1432	22 Feb 2020	ND (161-169) – (en) Γ (3)	VF (earthen deposits; dark patina; good VF)	USD 88.80 (CHF 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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