RPC IV.1, 5440 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5440 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡ[ΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΟΙ
Edition Μᾶρκον Αὐρήλιον Καίσαρα Ἀμαστριανοί Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρήλιον Καίσαρα Ἀμαστριανοί
Translation the Amastrians (honour) Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Reverse design emperor Marcus Aurelius on horseback, right, holding transverse spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 126
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 582 Wa 149 = Rec 126, pl. XX.38 (rev.), authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     vA 167