RPC IV.1, 4673 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4673 (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 head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription C I L(sic) COR
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) L(aus) Cor(inthus)
Translation colony of Julia Laus Corinth
Reverse design octagonal(?) enclosure with central door (or opening); within, large palm-tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.64 g
Axis 4, 11
Reference BCD Corinth 772, BMC 628
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 628, pl. XX.17 NCP, p. 27, no. 34, pl. G.CXLIV (rev.) = Price-Trell, p. 219, fig. 479
2 2     BCD Corinth 772