RPC IV.4, 3044

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3044
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 ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός 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 Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design to left, Sarapis as fountain-god standing, left, head, right, wearing kalathos, holding taenia over lebes on stand; to right, Isis, wearing basileion, holding wreath over his head, and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.68 g
Axis 11
Reference DS 3776 = D 3776 (but not = D pl. XXIII, 3776)
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 3012/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Vat: Mt.Gr.Aegyptus.NummiAlexandrini.914 Zoëga p. 232, no. 27 corr. (pl. XIV)
2 2     ✸ Dattari = DS 3776 = D 3776 (but not = D pl. XXIII, 3776)