RPC IV.4, 2803

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2803
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 laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
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; behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.10 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9470
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2782/1, 9, 2785/1–2, 2804/1–2.
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61774
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Krengel / Berlin