RPC IV.4, 2303

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2303
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 ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ L Α
Reverse design Eirene seated, left, wearing stephane, holding patera, resting elbow on head of small figure emerging from cornucopia by throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 24, 6, 8, 11, Geissen 2128, M 2440
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 2310/1.
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G3,RICL.385 BMC 1376, pl. VII (rev.)
2 2     P: 2615
3 3     P: Doubles 255
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61239
5 5     O: HCR33750 M 2440
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2128
7 7     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 457