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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5257 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.1 |
| Number | 5257 (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 | [ΟΥ]ΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹ[ΟϹ(sic)] |
| Edition | Οὐῆρος Αὔγουσ<τ>ος |
| Translation | 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 | Perseus standing, facing, head, right, wearing military dress, holding Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 26 mm |
| Average weight | 9.25 g |
| Axis | 6, 9 |
| Specimens | 2 (2 in the core collections) |