RPC IV, 4672


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4672 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	4672 (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
Edition	Imp(erator) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription	C L I COR
Edition	c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation	colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design	temple of Venus/Aphrodite with four columns on summit of Acrocorinthus enclosing statue of goddess standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	10.83 g
Axis	3, 9, 10, 12
Reference	BCD Corinth 756, BMC 627
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1 ✸	L: BMC 627, pl. XX.23 (rev. = NCP, p. 26, no. 33, pl. G.CXXVI (rev.))		27	11.67	3	Show
2	B: no number		27	9.65	9	Show
3		BCD Corinth 756	28	12.18	10	Show
4	O		28	9.81	12	Show

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