RPC IV.4, 2497

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2497
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-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen rear
Reverse inscription ΜΟΝΗΤΑ L Γ
Reverse design Moneta standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and sceptre; behind, Hermes, holding purse, surmounting a two-tier building, the second tier fronted by a column, money-bags on first tier, which is decorated with a lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2142
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same rev. die as 2496/1, 3–4, 6, 11–12.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 806/1896
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2142