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 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 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 5.86 g
Axis 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
Reference BMC 37 corr.$
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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