RPC IV.4, 2346

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2346
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 161/2
Obverse inscription Λ Α(Υ)ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Nike, right, with topknot or bun, (wearing taenia)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.81 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.931
2 2     ✸ A: D 2180 / 3300
3 3     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 36, 27 May 2017, lot 214
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 392