RPC IV.1, 976 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 976 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΟΥ]ΗΡΟϹ ΑΥ[ΓΟΥϹΟϹ(sic)]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription [ΑΡΓΕΙω]Ν
Reverse design nude Poseidon standing with foot on prow, right, holding trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.22 g
Axis 9
Reference Nordbø XXX, no. 1266 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 540A, under 'Cnidus in Caria' Nordbø XXX, no. 1266, pl. XVI.367, misreading the rev. legend as 'ΚΝΙΔΙΩΝ' and, consequently, assigning the coin to 'Cnidus in Caria'