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)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Minerva/Athena standing, left, holding patera over altar and spear; beside, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.24 g
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)