RPC IV.1, 4635 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4635 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription οΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓοΥϹ[ΤοϹ] (all retrograde)
Edition Οὐῆρος Αὔγουστος
Translation Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design Perseus standing, facing, head, right, wearing military dress, holding Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.73 g
Axis 1, 9, 10
Reference BMC 161, Cop 94
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 161, pl. XXVIII.19 (rev.)
2 2     P: 141
3 3     ✸ P: 142
4 4     B: v. Knobelsdorff
5 5     Cop: 94