RPC IV.4, 3089

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3089
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(ΒΑ)
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 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 22.79 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 3789, 3789 bis, 3790 corr. (DS), Geissen 2181, M 2582
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2676
2 2     Cop: 560 corr.
3 3     O: HCR33784 M 2581 corr.
4 4     O: HCR33783 M 2582
5 5     A: D 2241 bis / 1896/7, IA 571/985
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2181
7 7     Frankfurt Förschner 717
8 8     Aiello
9 9     D 3789 bis = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 238
10 10     ✸ D 3790 = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 333 = Matthijs
11 11     Dattari = D 3789
12 12     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1376