RPC IV.4, 2408

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2408
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ 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 Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, head, right, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.32 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9412
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61646
2 2     A: D 2184B / 1896/7, IA 529/931
3 3     DS 9412 = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 299