RPC IV, 14430


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2331 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.4
Number	2331
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Year Β = 2
Dating	AD 161/2
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 Β
Reverse design	draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with horns, disk, and uraei
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–4: same obv. die as 2267/1, 4, 2334/1.
Note	The slight diagonals on top of the heads of both emperors mark where the peaks of laurel wreaths would be.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	NY: 1973.56.876		23	11.90	12	Show
2	2		Aiello	23			Show
3	3 ✸		CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 605	23	13.83	12	Show
4	4		Emporium Hamburg 68, 15 Nov. 2012, lot 377	23	9.62		Show