RPC IV, 6501


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6501 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.3
Number	6501 (temporary)
Province	Mesopotamia
Region	Mesopotamia
City	Carrhae
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	after 164
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ ϹΕΒ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Obverse design	bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription	ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ)
Reverse design	female figure standing, left, holding two ears of corn over thymiaterium and long sceptre
Metal	silver
Average diameter	18 mm
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 8
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: BMC 8, pl. XLVIII.7	Walker 3396: AR: 71.00 = J. Hirsch 25 (1909), coll. Philipsen, 3076, pl. XXXIV, obverse as 'Septimius Severus'	18	3.28	12		Show
2	2			O		18	2.64	12		Show