RPC IV.1, 8424 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8424 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΛοΥ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Λού(κιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass with traces of paludamentum, right; cuirass decorated with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design nude Ares standing, facing, wearing helmet, holding spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.94 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41520