RPC IV.2, 1041 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1041 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: (Mostly) single issue?
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design in centre, cult statue of turreted Artemis Leukophryene standing, facing, being crowned by two flying Nikai; between two eagles with spreading wings; between Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing, facing each other, each wearing toga and raising arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 130 corr.
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 2050 = Schultz 130, pl. 9, obv. legend as 'ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ... ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ' = Kraft, p. 212, pl. 115.19
2 2     CNG Electronic Auction 390 (01/02/2017), 338
3 3     ✸ Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1996 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 27 (04/01/2015), 427