RPC IV.4, 2787

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2787
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 [ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks, left, holding cornucopia, from which Genius issues holding wreath, and reed; before, ten Genii in four rows; another Genius in crook of arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9492, M 2529
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 2753/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR33766 M 2529
2 2     DS 9492