RPC IV.1, 4939 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4939 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription L AVREL VELVS(sic) CΔΕSAR (sic) (?)
Edition L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Caesar
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Caesar
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription C I F SINOPE
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinope
Translation Colony Julia Felix Sinope
Reverse design shrine(?) with two columns enclosing statue of Nemesis standing, left, plucking chiton, holding cubit; at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference Rec 114b corr.
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ex Grand Duc coll., pierced, exact reading of obverse legend uncertain