RPC IV.2, 7954 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 7954 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyclades
Region Cyclades
City Thera
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ Κ Μ] ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΗΡΕΩΝ(sic)
Reverse design archaic cult statue of nude Apollo standing, facing, wearing radiate crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 509
2 2     Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art = M. Oikonomidou, 'Kykladitika Nomismata', in (ed.) N.C. Stampolides, Phos Kykladikon (Athens, 1999), p. 320, no. 22, pl. 1