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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9633 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.1 |
Number | 9633 (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 (first A shaped as K) |
Edition | Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Aurel(ius) Verus Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right |
Reverse inscription | C L I COR |
Edition | c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium) |
Translation | colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians |
Reverse design | temple of Venus/Aphrodite with four columns in perspective on summit of Acrocorinthus; to right of temple, Pegasus leaping, right; at foot of rock, arched niche (on left) and temple? (on right); to left of rock, tree |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 14.28 g |
Axis | 5 |
Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |