RPC IV.1, 5579 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5579 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Τιανῶν
Translation of the Tians
Reverse design nude Poseidon standing with foot on rock, right, holding trident and dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.56 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 87 corr. and 91
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 15914 Rec 87, pl. CVIII.28, with incomplete obverse legend and 'Lucius Verus as Caesar'
2 2     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1483 vA 950
3 3     B: (Löbb) Rec 91, pl. CVIII.32 (rev.)