RPC IV.4, 2505

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2505
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Reverse design Tyche reclining on couch, left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 2499/2, 2501/1.
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2626
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61697
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 600 = CNG 41 (19. 3. 1997), 1196 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 133 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), 3449 corr.