RPC IV.4, 2943

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2943
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 ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Sarapis standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding sceptre; above, radiate-headed and draped bust of Helios, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.06 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2661
2 2     A: D 2226A / 1896/7, IA 554/966