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
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
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)

Specimens of this coin type

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