RPC IV.1, 7597 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7597 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription [I]MP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG (first A shaped as K)
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design nude Mercury/Hermes seated on rock, left, wearing petasus(?), extending right hand over ram, holding caduceus and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.68 g
Axis 3, 6
Reference Cop 344
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 344
2 2     ✸ C McClean II, 6198, pl. 218.1