RPC IV, 387


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/387 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	387 (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 Ϲ[ΤΡ]Α ΠΟΜ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition	ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου) Τρυφωνιανοῦ Μυτιληναίων
Translation	under the strategos Pompeius Tryphonianos of the Mytileneans
Reverse design	temple with two columns enclosing statue of Hera seated, facing, wearing kalathos
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	25.54 g
Axis	1, 6, 12
Reference	Cop 416
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Cop: 416		35	23.25	12		Show
3	3	L: 1970-9-9-76, under 'Marcus Aurelius'		35	27.64	1		Show
4	4 ✸	P: 331		36	27.63	6	Obv.: GIC 249 (Dionysus, terminal figure on prow)	Show
5	5		Private collection Plankenhorn, Germany		23.64			Show
6	6		Mabbott 1455, illustrated	35				Show