RPC IV.2, 11709 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11709 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (uncertain title)
Issue Issue 3A: Lucius Verus as 'ΚΑΙСΑΡ' under Pius
Dating c. 144–161
Obverse inscription ΛΟΥΚΙΟϹ ΑΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λούκιος Αἴ(λιος) Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus (youthful), right (?)
Reverse inscription ΜΥΤΙΛΗ
Edition Μυτιλη(ναίων)
Translation of the Mytileneans
Reverse design galley, right, surmounted by serpent coiling, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.03 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28723
2 2     P: 308 Wa 1395
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: (Fox)
5 5     Mu SNG 794, obverse as 'Lucius Aelius Caesar'
6 6     Frank Sternberg 11 (20/11/1981), 278
7 7     ✸ P: 323