RPC IV.4, 2357

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2357
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition 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
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; on throne, small figure of Nike
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.12 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3670 (= DS 9415), pl. XXIII (rev.), DS 3670 (not = D 3670)
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61133
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61644
3 3     ✸ A: D 2182B / 1896/7, IA 525/926
4 4     DS 3670 (not = D 3670) = Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 256 = Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 312
5 5     D 3670 (= DS 9415) = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 568