RPC IV.1, 4617 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4617 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP CAES L [AVREL] VERVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis)
Translation colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design she-wolf standing, right, head, left, feeding twins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.75 g
Axis 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
Reference BMC 37 corr.$
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 37, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     P: 1279
3 3     Turin: 23605 cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     O
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     B: (Löbb)
7 7     Boston: 66.926
8 8     ✸ LHS Numismatik 96, 8 May 2006, lot 559 (part of five)