RPC IV.4, 2496

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2496
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ(Ϲ) ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΟΝΗΤΑ L Γ
Reverse design Moneta standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and sceptre; behind, Hermes, holding purse, surmounting a two-tier building, the second tier fronted by a column, money-bags on first tier, which is decorated with a lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3732, pl. XVIII (rev.), DS 9479, DS Suppl pl 24, 13
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 6, 11–12: same rev. die as 2497/2. 5, 7, 9–10: same rev. die as 2447/1.
Note On some specimens a gorgoneion is visible on the cuirass.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1378
2 2     L: 1950,1006.220 BMC Suppl 3094
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61694
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61693
5 5     A: D 2192A / 3315
6 6     ✸ A: 6740
7 7     Aiello
8 8     CNG 63 (21. 5. 2003), 1101
9 9     CNG MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1101
10 10     D 3732, pl. XVIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 364 = Matthijs
11 11     Dattari = DS Suppl pl 24, 13
12 12     DS 9479 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 182 (Staffieri) (Figari - Mosconi 919)