RPC IV.4, 2940

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2940
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 Sarapis wearing kalathos, right; below, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.96 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3761, Geissen 2171, M 2547
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2652
2 2     C: 655-1948
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61724
4 4     O: HCR33771 M 2547
5 5     V: GR 24935
6 6     A: D 2228 / 3356
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2171
8 8     ✸ D 3761 = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 424
9 9     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland and Nomos 12 (11. 4. 2003), 622
10 10     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 850 corr. = Matthijs