RPC IV.1, 4868 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4868 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀρμ(ενιακὸς) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Armeniacus Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design crescent surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 46, F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 33, no. 54
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B F. Imhoof-Blumer, JIAN 1 (1898), 33, no. 54
2 2     ✸ L: 1975-4-11-90