RPC IV.1, 6618 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6618 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀμφιπολειτῶν
Translation of the Amphipolitans
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated, left, holding patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.31 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Cop 108,
Specimens 10 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.10333 SNG 189, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     Cop: 108
3 3     ✸ P: 517
4 4     NY: 1944.100.10339 SNG 192
5 5     V: GR 9682
6 6     C McClean II, 3247, pl. 118.13
7 7     O
8 8     B: (Löbb)
9 9     B: 1900/518
10 10     Helios Numismatik 7 (12/12/2011), 555