RPC IV.4, 3128

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3128
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 168/9
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ(Α)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3534 corr? (DS), DS 9508–9, M 2594
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1945,0902.5 BMC Suppl 3095
2 2     B: (Cassel 1925)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61763
4 4     ✸ O: HCR33788 M 2594
5 5     A: 6741
6 6     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 283
7 7     CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 293
8 8     D 3534 = Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 297
9 9     DS 9508 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 452
10 10     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 859 corr.