RPC IV.4, 3085

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3085
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)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding cornucopia, (from which Genius issues, holding wreath,) and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9495
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.2388 BMC 1388
2 2     B: 5331
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61750
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61751
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 9495 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 442 = Matthijs
7 7     Historical Coin Review (Victor England) XIII, 2 (Spring, 1988), 56