RPC IV.1, 9633 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
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)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
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
Axis 5
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 13705
2 2     CNG 36 (05/12/1995), 2412
3 3     ✸ N: Fiorelli 7458, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin