RPC IV.1, 5246 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5246 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
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 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, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design nude male figure (Genius of Patras) standing, facing, head, left, holding patera over altar, resting left arm on conical box which stands on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.43 g
Axis 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921-11-20-11, under 'Commodus' Weber 3967
1 1     ✸ Bochum: M 1510
2 2     P: 1281
3 3     O
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     B: (Fox)
6 6     G: II, 127, no. 17, pl. 37.28 (rev.) SNG I, no. 499