RPC IV.2, 1057 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1057 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Ⲱ
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΛΟΥ ΑΥ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙωΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Samian Hera standing on wide base, facing, wearing kalathos, holding patera in each hand, having fillets; between two peacocks
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference KM 104, no. 4, Cop 1735
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1971.230.24
2 2     Cop: 1735
3 3     B: I-B KM 104, no. 4, pl. III.36 (rev.)
4 4     ✸ B: (Fox)
5 5     Mabbott 1653, illustrated