RPC IV.4, 2387

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2387
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-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
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 33 mm
Average weight 20.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2137
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same obv. die as 2386/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61766
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61768
3 3     A: D 2017 / 3090 / 12197
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2137
5 5     Tyler Holman coll.