RPC IV.1, 9379 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9379 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Augusta Traiana
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Tullius Maximus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥΛ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΗϹ (Ξ shaped as エ)
Reverse design river-god (bearded) reclining, left, head, right, holding branch, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, MATT 82–3
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 6334 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 82, pl. 5 (V32 and R65), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     ✸ V: GR 9078 Schönert-Geiss, MATT 83, pl. 5 (V33), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 74