RPC IV.4, 2945

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2945
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, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Sarapis standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.98 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3774, 3775 corr. (DS), Geissen 2172
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.306 BMC 1385
2 2     P: 2660
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 28956
5 5     Mu: 441
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61725
7 7     V: GR 24928
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2172
9 9     ✸ Aiello
10 10     D 3774 = Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 304
11 11     D 3775 = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 186 = Matthijs
12 12     Heritage Monthly 271920, 26 May 2019, lot 40069
13 13     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1805