RPC IV.1, 4866 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4866 (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 [ΑΡ]ΜΕΝ [Λ ΑΥΡ Ο]ΥΗΡΟϹ
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 ΠΡΟΥϹΙΓΩΝ(sic) ΥΠΙΟϹ
Edition Προυσί{γ}ων Ὑπίος
Translation of the Prusians, Hypios
Reverse design bearded river-god Hypios reclining, left, holding branch and cornucopia, resting on water-urn(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 44
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1594 Rec 44, pl. CV.2 (rev.), pierced, 15.81g