RPC IV.2, 7954 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 7954 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of the 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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΗΡΕΩΝ(sic)
Edition Θηρέων
Translation of the Theraeans
Reverse design archaic cult statue of nude Apollo standing, facing, wearing radiate crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.88 g
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