RPC IV.4, 2500

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2500
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Γ
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) standing with foot on cuirass, left, resting on spear, holding parazonium; before, small Nike standing on base, right, holding up wreath; on ground to right, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3701, DS 9447
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24651.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Calgary: NG. 1993.2.1672
2 2     ✸ Dattari = D 3701 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 235
3 3     HPGW coll.