RPC IV.4, 3088

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3088
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Triptolemus, wearing elephant's-head cap, holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents (crowned with skhent), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.41 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3792 corr. (DS), DS 9315 (under Marcus), DS Suppl pl 23, 33 (under Marcus), M 2583
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.221 BMC Suppl 3093
2 2     P: 2675
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61757
4 4     O: HCR33785 M 2583
5 5     ✸ A: D 2240C / 1896/7, IA 569/983
6 6     DS Suppl pl 23, 33 (under Marcus) = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 364