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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8041 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 8041 (temporary) |
Province | Mesopotamia |
Region | Mesopotamia |
City | Carrhae |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Lucius Verus (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors |
Dating | 161–169 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚ ΑΥΗ(sic) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσαρ Λούκ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Lucius Verus, right |
Reverse inscription | ΚΑΡΗΝωΝ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΕωΝ |
Edition | Καρηνῶν Φιλορωμέων |
Translation | of the Carrhaeans, friends to the Romans |
Reverse design | crescent on globe surmounted by star; globe resting on base |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 18 mm |
Average weight | 4.63 g |
Axis | 12 |
Specimens | 2 (2 in the core collections) |