RPC IV.4, 2927

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2927
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, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, reed at shoulder; before, cornucopia, (from which issues Genius)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.93 g
Reference DS 9485
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS 9485
2 2     ✸ Elsen 128, 12 Mar. 2016, lot 559 = Elsen 128, 12 Mar. 2016, lot 559 = Matthijs