RPC IV.2, 2638 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2638 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: without personal name but contemporary with coins of Pom(peius) Tryphonianos, strategos
Dating c. 161–163, perhaps AD 163
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, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Μυτιληναίων
Translation of the Mytileneans
Reverse design bearded emperor (Lucius Verus?) on horseback, left, raising right arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 325 Wa 1398
2 2     P: 1523, under 'Perperene' Wa 979 = Barth-Stauber 64, pl. 7 = Stauber 64, both sides tooled to fit 'Severus Alexander' and 'Perperene': 'ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ СƐοΥΗΡ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟС' / 'ΠƐΡΠƐΡΗΝΙΩΝ' and catalogued as such by Wa, Barth-Stauber and Stauber
3 3     CNG 103 (14/09/2016), 571 = CNG 106 (13/09/2017), 605, both sides slightly tooled