RPC IV.4, 2654

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2654
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 163/4
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΕΥΘΗΝΙΑ L Δ
Reverse design to left, Eirene standing, right, hand on hip, holding cornucopia; to right, Euthenia seated, left, holding ears of corn and sceptre(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3716–17
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 2658/1–6, 2660/1, 2672/1–2, 4.
Note The type is found under Trajan with the inscription ΕΥΘΗΝΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΡΗΝ[Η]: RPC III, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/13173; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/13174.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 2212G / 1897/8, IH 945/1489
2 2     D 3716 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 277
3 3     D 3717 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 328