RPC IV.4, 2477

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2477
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 ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Reverse design to left, emperor in military dress standing, facing, head, right, resting hand on long sceptre, holding parazonium; to right, Nike advancing, left, holding wreath over emperor's head and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9440–1
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61690
2 2     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 280
3 3     Dattari = DS 9441
4 4     ✸ DS 9440 = Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 637 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 385 (Figari - Mosconi 912)
5 5     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1372