RPC IV.4, 2279

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2279
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 ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ L Α
Reverse design Homonoia standing, facing, head, left, holding olive branch and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9405, DS Suppl pl 24, 2, Geissen 2122
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     G SNG 4275 = MacDonald III, 480, no. 535, pl. LXXXIX, 2 (rev.)
3 3     NY: 1935.117.787
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61636
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61638
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61637
7 7     O: HCR26956
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2122
9 9     CNA 18 (3. 12. 1991), 413
10 10     DS 9405 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 447
11 11     DS Suppl pl 24, 2 = Karl Kress 153 (1971), 485 (Figari - Mosconi 925)