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)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ
Reverse design Perseus standing, facing, head, right, wearing military dress, holding Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
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