RPC IV.1, 5581 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5581 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τιανῶν
Translation of the Tians
Reverse design to left, Zeus Syrgastes standing, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre; to right, female figure (Hera or Bithynia?) standing, facing, head, left, holding long sceptre, resting left hand on hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 27.00 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 90, BMC 14
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14, pl. XXXVI.10 (rev.) Rec 90, pl. CVIII.31