RPC IV.2, 2073 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2073 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Hieropolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Pollio (asiarch and epimeletes)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟϹ ΚΛ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπιμεληθέντος Κλ(αυδίου) Πωλλίωνος ἀσιάρχου Ἱεροπολειτῶν
Translation under the supervision of Claudius Pollio, asiarch, of the Hieropolitans
Reverse design nude Zeus (Brontôn) advancing, right, brandishing thunderbolt, holding eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.71 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 14, KM 244, no. 4
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14, pl. XXXII.8 (rev.) KM 244, no. 4