RPC IV.2, 2640 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2640 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: without personal name but contemporary with coins of Pom(peius) Tryphonianos, strategos
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ[Η]ΛΙΟ[Ϲ Ο]ΥΗΡΟϹ
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 [ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ]
Edition Μυτιληναίων
Translation of the Mytileneans
Reverse design emperor galloping, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.70 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 330, obverse with traces of tooling