RPC IV.4, 2846

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2846
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 165/6
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass decorated with eagle, right, seen from front; paludamentum over left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; on throne, small figure of Nike
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 3671 corr.?
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die as 2598/1, 2731/1, 2993/1–2.
Note Obverse die re-used from year 4; re-used again in year 7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61678
3 3     ✸ Aiello
4 4     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 623