Ilion, Lucius Verus, semis (CN type 20389)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
161–169 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troassemis in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Lucius Verus dated 161–169 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20389. Obverse: Bust of bearded Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Athena Ilias standing right, wearing kalathos, holding spear in her raised right hand and spindle in her left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- semis
- Recorded diameter
- 20.1–22.2 mm (from 11 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.43 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of bearded Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Athena Ilias standing right, wearing kalathos, holding spear in her raised right hand and spindle in her left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΒΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20389
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20389
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 52, nr. T155-6, pl. 7, pic. T155
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 58
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 400
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution