RPC IV, 390


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/390 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	390 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Pergamum
Region	Lesbus
City	Mytilene
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (uncertain title)
Issue	Issue 3B: Lucius Verus (or Commodus?)
Dating	c. 144–161
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus (or Commodus?) (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription	ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design	Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Axis	6
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: no number, under 'Unidentified'		18	3.94	6	Show
2	2 ✸	L: 1901-6-2-16		19	4.50	6	Show
3	3	V: GR 16993		18	4.17	6	Show
4	4		Private coll. CGT = Lindgren I, 431, giving weight as '3.51g' = Ancient Imports	18	4.00	6	Show