RPC IV.4, 2925


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2925 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.4
Number	2925
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition	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 Ϛ
Edition	(ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation	of year 6
Reverse design	two Canopi facing each other; (between bodies, crescent)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	21.28 g
Axis	12
Reference	D 3703, Geissen 2168, M 2552
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Some V forms.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.61718		33	22.22	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.61733		32	20.26	12		Show
3	3	O: HCR33772	M 2552	34	18.17	12	obverse type uncertain, small figure in front of Canopus	Show
4	4 ✸	Cologne	Geissen 2168	31	21.99	12		Show
5	5		D 3703 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 236	33	23.76	12		Show
6	6		Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 991	32				Show