RPC IV.4, 3088

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3088
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 167/8
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design Triptolemus, wearing elephant's-head cap, holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents (crowned with skhent), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3792 corr. (DS), DS 9315 (under Marcus), DS Suppl pl 23, 33 (under Marcus), M 2583
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.221 BMC Suppl 3093
2 2     P: 2675
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61757
4 4     O: HCR33785 M 2583
5 5     ✸ A: D 2240C / 1896/7, IA 569/983
6 6     DS Suppl pl 23, 33 (under Marcus) = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 364