RPC IV.1, 7481 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7481 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Euboea
City Chalcis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Βῆρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ
Edition Ἥρα Χαλκιδέων
Translation Hera of the Chalcidians
Reverse design turreted Hera seated on sacred conical stone, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.36 g
Axis 3, 8, 11, 12
Reference Picard 100$, Cop 464
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 464
2 2     V: GR 14856
3 3     B: no number
4 4     B: Dressel bequest, 1921
5 5     ✸ B: I-B
6 6     C McClean II, 5695, pl. 204.20
7 7     BCD Euboia 293