RPC IV.1, 10361 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10361 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Traianopolis
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 ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΤΟΥΛ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ (Ξ shaped as エ)
Edition ἡγ(εμονεύοντος) Τουλ(ίου) Μαξίμου Τραιανοπολ(ειτῶν)
Translation under governor Tullius Maximus, of the Traianopolitans
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, facing, head, right, holding plectrum and lyre which rests on tripod; tripod entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, MATT 23
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1447A Schönert-Geiss, MATT 23, pl. 35 (V12 and R20), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Private coll., Charlottesville, VA, perhaps with additional reverse legend variation