RPC IV.1, 11881 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11881 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription [Ο]ΥΗΡΟ[Ϲ] ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ
Edition Οὐῆρος Αὔγουστος Οὐῆρος Αὔγουστος
Translation Lucius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀργείων Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design gateway or arch; above (i.e. in background), building (arch or temple) surmounted by statues of two riders on outside and two standing figures in centre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.31 g
Axis 8, 12
Reference Grigorova 18, Flament & Marchetti LV.b-R 17
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. (ex LHS 96, BCD coll., 8-9 May 2006, lot 1195)
2 2     CNG MBS 79, S. Wagner coll., 17 Sept. 2008, lot 576