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
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ε
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
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

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