RPC IV.4, 2779

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2779
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] ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ[Ϲ?] ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Nike seated on cuirass, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 27.73 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.515 BMC 1379
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24925