RPC IV.1, 8841 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8841 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Tullius Maximus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕΜ ΤΟΥΛΛΙΟΥ ΜΑΧΙΜΟΥ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΩΤΩΝ
Reverse design nude Zeus (Keraunos) advancing, right, brandishing thunderbolt, holding eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 8
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 162–3
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb, authenicity doubtful, cast?
2 2     ✸ Ex private coll. Maziel = B. Pick, NZ 23, 62, no. 17, pl. III.4, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     Mouchmov 4092, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'