RPC IV.4, 2721

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2721
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(ΟϹ) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ε, ΔΥΝΑΜΙϹ (on shield)
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ δύναμις
Translation of year 5, power
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, facing, head, left, crowned with stephane, holding helmet, resting hand on shield placed on short column
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.89 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3646, pl. IX (rev.), DS 12311 (on pl. 196), Geissen 2159
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1896,1102.15 BMC Suppl 3088
2 2     P: Doubles 1236
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2159
5 5     D 3646, pl. IX (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 289
6 6     DS 12311 (on pl. 196) = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 423
7 7     Staffieri