RPC IV, 2639


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2639 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	2639 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Lesbus
City	Mytilene
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate	Pom(peius) Tryphonianos (strategos)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription	ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΠοΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου) Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων
Translation	under the strategos Pompeius Tryphonianos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design	Asclepius seated, left, holding patera and serpent-staff
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	24.11 g
Axis	6
Specimens	3 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 326		35	24.28	6		Show
2	2	Mu	SNG 797	34	27.61	6		Show
3	3	V: GR 16995, under 'Commodus'		37	20.44	6	Obv.: GIC 422 (lyre in a circle of dots (on obverse))	Show