RPC IV.1, 4894 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4894 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design galley with rowers, left; on stern, two standards; on stern-wing, bird (raven?) standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 125, BMC 32
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 32, pl. XX.12, reverse, pierced, 11.79g