RPC IV.1, 4864 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4864 (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(Ε[Ν]) Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀρμεν(ιακὸς) 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 πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design head of youthful Heracles/Alexander wearing lion-scalp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.59 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 42, Cop 607 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1592 Rec 42, pl. CIV.26 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1911-10-10-8
3 3     Cop: 607, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius as Caesar'
4 4     Private coll. Tom Mullally
5 5     Boston: 62.379