RPC IV.4, 3080

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3080
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 ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥ[ΗΡΟϹ 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 Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design emperor, in miitary dress, on horseback, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.82 g
Reference DS 9438
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 3035/1–3.
Note Date on reverse die recut from year 7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9438 = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 301
2 2     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 997 (rev.)