RPC IV.3, 17546 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 17546 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΡΙΩΝ
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης τῶν κυρίων ὑπὲρ νίκης τῶν κυρίων
Translation for the victory of the Lords
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head right, holding poppy(?), two ears of corn and basket(?)
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 3072