RPC IV.2, 2175 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2175 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Temenothyrae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Aruntius Maternus (asiarch)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Οὐῆρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡ ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΥϹΙ
Edition Μάτερνος ἀσιάρ(χης) Τημενοθυρεῦσι
Translation Maternus, asiarch, to the Temenothyraeans
Reverse design Mên standing in biga drawn by hump-backed bulls, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.57 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ vA 4004