RPC IV.4, 2378

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2378
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(Β)
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, right (or left), spreading wings, (holding wreath in beak)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.83 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3807 corr. (DS), D 3809
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 2382/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2622
2 2     C: 656-1948
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61348
4 4     A: D 2184 / 1896/7, IA 528/929
5 5     ✸ Aiello
6 6     D 3809 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 412 = Matthijs
7 7     Dattari
8 8     DS 9529 = Naville Numismatics 75, 31 July 2022, lot 365