RPC IV.4, 2729

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2729
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.76 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3667 corr., M 2511
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2644
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61668
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3864
5 5     O: HCR26972 M 2511
6 6     A: D 2218A / 1896/7, IA 546/956
7 7     CNG EA 387, 30 Nov. 2016, lot 357
8 8     ✸ Dattari