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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9783 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.1 |
Number | 9783 (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 AV[G] (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 | circular temple of Melikertes-Palaimon with dome-shaped roof decorated with two dolphins; with six outer columns; on flights of stairs with arched doorway; inside, Melikertes-Palaimon lying on back of dolphin; temple between two pine-trees |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 13.80 g |
Axis | 3, 5 |
Reference | BCD Corinth 754 |
Specimens | 2 (1 in the core collections) |