RPC IV, 4860


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	IV.1
Number	4860 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Prusias ad Hypium
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	after 164
Obverse inscription	ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition	Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀρμ(ενιακὸς) Λ(εύκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation	Caesar Armeniacus Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition	Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation	of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design	Dionysus seated on panther walking, right, resting right arm on panther, holding thyrsus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	22.57 g
Axis	6
Reference	Rec 38 corr., R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 142
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			V: GR 15886	Rec 38, pl. CIV.22, obverse as 'Lucius Verus as Caesar', misreading obverse legend as Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ	33	22.53	6		Show
2	2				vA 897	32	22.61			Show