RPC IV.4, 3138

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3138
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 168/9
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus, right
Reverse inscription L Θ
Edition (ἔτους) θʹ
Translation of year 9
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding stalk of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.96 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3139/1. 1: same rev. die as 3103/1.
Note Date recut on the reverse die from year 8 to year 9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 24924