RPC IV.4, 3063

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3063
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 167/8
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
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 Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, right, crowned with crescent on taenia, torch over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3673 (not = DS 3673), pl. XXIV (rev.), DS 3673
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3872
2 2     NY: 1944.100.71980
3 3     A: D 2240A / 1896/7, IA 566/980
4 4     A: D 2066 / 3171 / 11067
5 5     Aiello
6 6     D 3673 = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 300
7 7     Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 148