RPC IV.4, 2729

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2729
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3667 corr., M 2511
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2644
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61668
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3864
5 5     O: HCR26972 M 2511
6 6     A: D 2218A / 1896/7, IA 546/956
7 7     CNG EA 387, 30 Nov. 2016, lot 357
8 8     ✸ Dattari