RPC IV.4, 3029

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3029
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 166/7
Obverse inscription Λ] ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Reverse design eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings, on garlanded altar; either side, standards with vexilla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3810,Geissen 2175, M 2577
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2672
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61746
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61356 (Ζ reversed)
5 5     O: HCR33780 M 2577
6 6     A: 2239A / D 3371
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2175
8 8     Milan SNG 1391
9 9     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 793 = Peus 309 (2–4. 5.1984), 148 = Matthijs
10 10     Rauch E-20, 27 June 2016, lot 181