RPC IV.1, 5185 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5185 (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 (first A shaped as K)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Reverse design Minerva/Athena standing, left, holding patera over altar and spear; beside, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 2, 6
Reference BCD Corinth 739
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920-8-5-1042, obverse legend tooled, 'IMP CRESI AVR[ ] AVS AVG'
2 2     B: (Löbb)
4 4     V: GR 13716
5 5     J.D. Mac Isaac, 'Corinth: Coins 1925–1926', Hesperia 56/2 (1987), p. 107, pl. 17.68
6 6     Naville Numismatics 17, 13 Sept. 2015, lot 217 (ex Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 739)