RPC IV.1, 5171 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5171 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription [IMP] CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription C L I [COR]
Edition colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design detail of fountain of Peirene: statue of Scylla with fish-tail and two dog-foreparts kneeling on base, right, raising right arm to throw stone, extending left arm; to right, small basin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.35 g
Axis 3, 4, 5, 7
Reference BCD Corinth 759
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899-4-2-19
2 2     P: 931
3 3     ✸ P: 940, broken, 9.61g
4 4     BCD Corinth 759
5 5     Coll. Imhoof-Blumer = NCP, p. 24, no. 28, pl. F.CXII (rev.)