RPC IV.2, 11311 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11311 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Miletopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Crispus (strategos)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 166–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤοΚΡ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΒΗΡοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤΗ Τ ΦΛ ΚΡΙϹΠΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design nude Hermes seated on rock, left, wearing petasus, holding winged caduceus, resting arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Reference Schwertheim —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: Chatswold loan C.C. Vermeule, Divinities and Mythological Scenes in Greek Imperial Art (Cambridge [MA], 1983), p. 28 and 37, no. 9, pl. 9 (enlarged)