RPC IV.4, 2801


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2801 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.4
Number	2801
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-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	Tyche-Euthenia standing, left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; before, forepart of sailing ship; below which, Thalassa (the Sea) reclining, holding dolphin; behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding rudder
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	22.44 g
Axis	12
Reference	D 3459 corr.?, D 3725 bis, DS Suppl pl 22, 14
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–5: same rev. die as 2770/2.
Note	See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1888,0403.34	BMC 808 corr.	32	18.57	12	female holds dolphin, male holds rudder	Show
2	2	O: HCR33763		33	24.84	12		Show
3	3 ✸		Aiello	33			female holds dolphin, male holds rudder	Show
4	4		DS Suppl pl 22, 14 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 302	32.5	23.91	12	female holds dolphin, male holds rudder	Show
5	5		Malloy 14 (2.7.1979), 363	34				Show