RPC IV, 4668


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4668 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.1
Number	4668 (temporary)
Province	Achaea
Region	Corinthia
City	Corinth
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	161–169
Obverse inscription	IMP L AVR VERVS AVG
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	C L I COR
Reverse design	Melikertes-Palaimon lying on back of dolphin, right; behind, pine-tree
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Axis	1, 2, 7, 8, 12
Reference	BCD Corinth 767 and 806 corr., BMC 623, Cop 347 corr.
Specimens	7 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC 623, pl. XX.21 (rev.)		21	5.98	12	Show
2	2		BCD Corinth 806, under 'Commodus'	20	5.84	8	Show
3	3	P: 937		21	5.30	1	Show
4	4	B: (Fox)		21	6.87	7	Show
5	5	C	McClean II, 6197, pl. 217.20	22	6.87	2	Show
6	6	Cop: 347, obverse legend wrongly as 'IMP CAES L AVEREL VERVS AVG'		20	4.68	12	Show
7	7		BCD Corinth 767	20			Show