RPC IV.1, 8664 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8664 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙ
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 433–4, Schönert, Supplementum 28, Cop 739
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1900/850 Schönert, Perinthos 433, pl. 24
2 2     Cop: 739
3 3     ✸ Istanbul: 473 Schönert, Perinthos 434, pl. 24 (obv.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     MünzZentrum 161 (11/01/2012), 255 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 21 (07/09/2014), 363, reverse perhaps with additional reverse legend variation ΑVΡ[Η]