RPC IV, 893


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/893 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.2
Number	893 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region	Caria
City	Halicarnassus
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating	161–169
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ΒΗΡοΝ
Obverse design	bare head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹΕΩΝ(sic)
Reverse design	Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	17 mm
Axis	6
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			C	SNG 4720, slightly misreading obverse legend = Leake 1828, Asiatic Greece, p. 64.7, in Leake obverse as 'Septimius Severus'	17	1.85	6		Show
2	2 ✸			B: I-B		16	2.65	6		Show