RPC IV.4, 3045

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3045
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 Α]ΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia over lebes on stand; behind, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.54 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3769
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The Ζ of the date is reversed.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 2237 / 3367
2 2     ✸ D 3769 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 279
3 3     Matthijs