RPC IV.4, 2925

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61718
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61733
3 3     O: HCR33772 M 2552
4 4     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2168
5 5     D 3703 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 236
6 6     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 991