RPC IV.1, 4863 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4863 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀρμενιακὸς Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀρμ(ενιακὸς) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Armeniacus Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition Προυσιέων πρὸς Ὑπίῳ Προυσιέων πρὸς Ὑπίῳ
Translation of the Prusians near the Hypios
Reverse design nude Hermes standing, left, holding purse, caduceus and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.91 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 41
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15887 Rec 41, pl. CIV.25
2 2     Parma: cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin