RPC IV.1, 4893 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4893 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥΚΙϹ(sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λούκι<ο>ς
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.07 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 128(1), BMC 31
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 31
2 2     B: (Fox)