RPC IV.2, 893 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 893 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Halicarnassus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΒΗΡοΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Βῆρον
Translation for Emperor Caesar Verus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹΕΩΝ(sic)
Edition Ἁλικαρνασέων
Translation of the Halicarnassians
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.65 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 4720, slightly misreading obverse legend = Leake 1828, Asiatic Greece, p. 64.7, in Leake obverse as 'Septimius Severus'
2 2     ✸ B: I-B