RPC IV.1, 4865 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4865 (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 ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜ Λ ΑVΡ [ΟVΗ]ΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, r.
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟVϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ VΠΙΩ
Reverse design nude Heracles (bearded) fighting Hydra with club, l.; to r., tall column surmounted by statue
Metal Æ
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 5
Reference Rec 43
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1593 (Medaillon) = Rec 43, pl. CV.1, obverse and reverse with signs of tooled