RPC IV.4, 2740

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2740
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
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΡΜΕΝΙΑ L Ε
Reverse design trophy with captive Armenia; below, shield(?) and two spears
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 2719/1–2, 2723/1–2.
Note The cuirass is decorated, possibly with an eagle, as on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24940, or with a Medusa head, as on marble versions of this bust type.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 204
3 3     MünzZentrum 47 (10. 11. 1982), 336 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung 20/1 (1997), 399 illlustrated KG 39.109