RPC IV.1, 4867 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4867 (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 161–169
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 Apis-bull standing, right, wearing uraeus headdress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.87 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 45, Cop 608
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1595 Rec 45, pl. CV.3
2 2     P: 1596, pierced, 3.36g
3 3     Cop: 608
4 4     CGT coll. (ex Savoca 2nd Blue London, 4 May 2019, lot 687)