RPC IV.1, 5256 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5256 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription Υ]ΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹ(Τ)ΟϹ
Edition Οὐῆρος Αὔγουστος
Translation Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.04 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 10
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840-2-17-218, obverse legend with ΑVΓΟΥСΟС(sic)
2 2     P: 138 (identification of reverse figure as male not entirely certain, coin might belong to similar type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/32369 with seated Hera)
3 3     ✸ L: 1890-1-10-2
4 4     NY: 1944.100.39597
5 5     Bern: Righetti 490, reverse as 'Hera'