RPC IV.4, 2388

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2388
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 161/2
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle; on throne, small figure of Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.16 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9328 corr., DS 9522 (?= D 3794 corr.)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.943
2 2     Aiello
3 3     DS 9328 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 301
4 4     DS 9522 (?= D 3794 corr.) = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 361