RPC IV.1, 4628 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4628 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Zacynthus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΒΗΡΟϹ Α[Ρ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Βῆρος ΑΡ
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus AR(?)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟϹ
Edition Ζάκυνθος
Translation Zacynthus
Reverse design hero Zacynthos standing, left, holding bunch of grapes and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.70 g
Axis 1, 6, 8, 9
Reference BMC 96
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 96, pl. XXI.4 (rev.) P. Gardner, NC 1885, p. 106, pl. V.18 (rev.), rev. as 'Dionysus'
2 2     ✸ P: 1710
3 3     V: GR 14078
4 4     B: 1910/317