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 Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus 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 colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) 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

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