- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2001.265
- People
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Lucius Verus, Roman (r. 161-169 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Corinth under Lucius Verus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 161-169
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth (Corinthia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146513
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 11.57 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: [IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG]
- Reverse Inscription: [C L I COR]
- Provenance
- These coins were collected by Basil Dimitriadi from many different sources and dealers over a period of decades. They have long been in Switzerland.
Lanz 105, 26 November 2001, lot. 759 - State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RPC IV 5171 (temp no); BCD Korinth 759
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.265
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus, r.
Reverse: Detail of Peirene Fountain with Statue of Skylla with fishtail and two dog-foreparts kneeling on base; r. arm raised to throw stone and l. arm extended; basin to r.
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