RPC IV.4, 2731

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2731
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass decorated with eagle, right, seen from front; paludamentum over left shoulder
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 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2598/1, 2846/2–3, 2993/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61667