RPC IV.4, 2282

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2282
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 161
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.59 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3649, pl. IX (rev.), M 2425
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note The figure is conventionally described as Ares but it is identified as Roma by inscriptions on some issues of AD 161. Ares (or Mars) is not normally shown as seated on Roman Provincial or Imperial coins. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24495.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.26.3858
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61630
3 3     O: HCR26951 M 2425
4 4     ✸ A: D 2171 / 3290
5 5     D 3649, pl. IX (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 338