RPC IV.4, 2949

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2949
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 shrine (or temple) with two columns and rounded pediment enclosing two Canopi; (between heads, crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.00 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3798, pl. XXIX (rev.), 3799
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4283 = MacDonald III, 481, no. 544
2 2     A: D 2230 / 3358
3 3     A: D 2243C / 1896/7, IA 576/995
4 4     ✸ D 3798, pl. XXIX (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 363
5 5     D 3799 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 295