RPC IV.1, 4763 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4763 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΚΙΑΝΟΙ
Edition τὸν κτίστην Κιανοί
Translation the Cians (honour) the founder
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) standing, right, resting right arm on hip, resting arm on club which stands on rock; shoulder covered with lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.76 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 40 corr., Cop 389 corr., KM 502, no. 2$
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I Rec 40, pl. L.21 (rev.), obverse legend tooled to ΑVΤ Μ(sic) ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС ΟVΗΡΟС and hence catalogued as 'Marcus Aurelius' = KM 502, no. 2, authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     Cop: 389, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'