RPC IV.4, 3037

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3037
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 ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) laureate-headed(?), wearing togas, one on left holding Nike, one on right raising hand, holding sceptre, standing, facing, in quadriga to front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.64 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3699–700 corr., Geissen 2189, M 2532 corr.
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same rev. die as 3039/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.314 BMC 1389, pl. XXVIII (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 2671
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61708
4 4     O: HCR33768 M 2532 corr.
5 5     Cologne Geissen 2189
6 6     D 3699 corr. = Naville Numismatics 44, Nov. 4, 2018, lot 329
7 7     D 3700 corr. = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 331