RPC IV.4, 3047

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3047
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(Α)
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 Sarapis as fountain-god standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.02 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3770, pl. XXII (rev.)
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (v. Gansauge 1873)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61742
3 3     HPGW coll.