RPC IV.4, 2483

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2483
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 bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, corn-stalk(?) over shoulder, holding up wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 25, 22
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2485/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 2189 / 3311
2 2     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 284 corr.
3 3     DS Suppl pl 25, 22 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 300
4 4     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 360