RPC IV.4, 2672

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2672
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 L Δ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike (or patera) and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3795, M 2498
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same obv. die as 2654/1–3, 2658/1–6, 2660/1. 3: same obv. die as 2668/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR56435 = D 3795
2 2     O: HCR33759 M 2498
3 3     ✸ CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 137 = Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 536 = Matthijs
4 4     M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 620
5 5     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 620