RPC IV.1, 5258 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5258 (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 [ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΟϹ(sic)]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕ[ΙΩΝ]
Reverse design to left, hero standing, right, fighting serpent coiled to left atop the body of the infant Archemoros/Opheltes; to right, Hypsipyle fleeing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference NCP 33, no. 2$
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1906-10-7-24, reverse design and legend with signs of heavy tooling
2 2     LHS Numismatik 96 (08/05/2006), 1196 = Svoronos 1912, 2125 and pl. 7, 23, ex Baldwin's 1995, ex Seaby 1948, ex E. N. Mavrocordatou
3 3     CNG Mail Bid Sale 81 (20/05/2009), 2876, ex BCD