RPC IV.1, 5443 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5443 (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 ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥΚΙϹ(sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λούκι<ο>ς
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Hygieia standing, left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.36 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 130
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 585 Rec 130, pl. XX.41 (rev.)
2 2     Bergamo: 1875 N. Vismara and R. Martini, ‘Monete greche e provincialiromane del Museo Archeologico di Bergamo’, NotizieArcheologiche Bergomensi 5 (1997), p. 254, no. 73, obv. as 'Marcus'