RPC IV.1, 4628 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4628 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Zacynthus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΒΗΡΟϹ Α[Ρ?]
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟϹ
Reverse design hero Zakynthos standing, left, holding bunch of grapes and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 6, 8, 9
Reference BMC 96
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 96, pl. XXI.4 (rev.) P. Gardner, NC 1885, p. 106, pl. V.18 (rev.), rev. as 'Dionysus'
2 2     ✸ P: 1710
3 3     V: GR 14078
4 4     B: 1910/317