RPC IV.4, 2275

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2275
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 161
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ L Α
Reverse design Eirene seated, left, wearing stephane, holding patera (over altar), resting elbow on rail; by throne, cornucopia, (from which a small figure (Plutos?) emerging)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3653, pl. XII (rev.), 3654, DS 9400–3
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.300 BMC 1357
2 2     L: 1864,1118.551 BMC 1358, pl. VII (rev.)
3 3     G SNG 4274 = MacDonald III, 480, no. 534
4 4     NY: 1973.56.930
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61634
6 6     NY: 0000.999.25331
7 7     A: D 2173 / 3292
8 8     D 3654 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 363
9 9     Dattari = D 3653, pl. XII (rev.)
10 10     ✸ DS 9400 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 238
11 11     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2210
12 12     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 854 corr.
13 13     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 931