RPC IV.4, 2479

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2479
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 ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗ[ΡΟϹ] ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design to left, emperor in military dress standing, facing, head, right, resting hand on long sceptre, holding parazonium; to right, Nike flying, left, holding wreath over emperor's head and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.98 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3697, M 2472
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33758 M 2472
2 2     Frankfurt Förschner 712 corr.?
3 3     ✸ D 3697 = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 330