RPC IV.1, 7595 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7595 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP L AVR VERVS AVG
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [C L I] COR
Reverse design circular temple of Melikertes-Palaimon with dome-shaped roof decorated with two dolphins; building has four outer columns; inside, Melikertes-Palaimon lying on back of dolphin, right, and pine-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 3, 4, 10, 11
Reference BCD Corinth 755, Cop 342
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 939
2 2     P: Delepierre
3 3     Cop: 342
4 4     V: GR 13709
5 5     JSD Ancient Coins list 85 (April 1984), 27 = BCD Corinth 755
6 6     Price-Trell, p. 86, fig. 150