RPC IV.1, 5439 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5439 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Μ(sic) ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design nude male figure (hero or Ares?) seated on rock, left, holding sword in sheath in right hand, resting left arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 124
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 124, pl. XX.37 (rev.)