RPC IV.4, 2307

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2307
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and parazonium; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.64 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 24, 5, M 2441a
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figure is conventionally described as Ares but a similar figure is identified as Roma by inscriptions on some issues of AD 161. Ares (or Mars) is not normally shown as seated on Roman Provincial or Imperial coins. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24522, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24515, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24546.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33751 M 2441a
2 2     ✸ Dattari
3 3     DS Suppl pl 24, 5 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 239