RPC IV.4, 2927

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός 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 (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)

Specimens of this coin type

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