RPC IV.4, 2267

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2267
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 161
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Lucius Verus (on left) and Marcus Aurelius (on right), facing each other, both wearing paludamentum
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same obv. die as 2331/1–4, 2334/1.
Note The slight diagonals on top of the heads of both emperors mark where the peaks of laurel wreaths would be.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0327.170 BMC 1309
2 2     B: (v. Gansauge)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61118
4 4     A: D 2098A / 1896/7 IH, 487/871