RPC IV.4, 2802

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2802
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
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
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 rudder (or dolphin); behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding reed (or rudder)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.57 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3725 corr.? (DS), DS 9469
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4281 = MacDonald III, 481, no. 543
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61776
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61775
4 4     CNG 37 (20. 3. 1996), 1198 = CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 281
5 5     D 3725 corr. = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 277
6 6     ✸ DS 9469 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 360
7 7     Matthijs
8 8     Cop