RPC IV.1, 9632 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9632 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Peirene seated on rock, left, holding water jug, resting left hand on rock; giving water to Pegasus walking, right; between in background, temple of Venus/Aphrodite with four columns in perspective on summit of Acrocorinthus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 6
Reference Price-Trell, pp. 80–1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 13706, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin