RPC IV.4, 2940

 

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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 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 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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