RPC IV.2, 8134 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8134 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue (Early?) Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Bee as control mark on reverse and ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛοΥΚΙϹ(sic) for Verus as emperor
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛοΥΚΙϹ(sic)
Edition Καῖσαρ Λούκι<ο>ς
Translation Caesar Lucius
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓ
Edition Μαγ(νήτων )
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design cult statue of turreted Artemis Leukophryene standing, facing, having supports, being crowned by two flying Nikai; between two standing eagles with spreading wings; in lower right field, bee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.28 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schultz —, A. Jürging, MÖNG 31 (1991), 49, no. 7
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. A. Jürging, MÖNG 31 (1991), 49, no. 7
2 2     Private coll. CGT, ex Agora Auctions
4 4     V-ON Leypold I, no. 656
5 5     ✸ PK Coll. = Savoca Numismatik Blue 23 (25/08/2019), 712
6 6     Private collection H. I.