RPC IV.4, 2477

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2477
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
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 Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design to left, emperor in military dress standing, facing, head, right, resting hand on long sceptre, holding parazonium; to right, Nike advancing, left, holding wreath over emperor's head and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 26.52 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9440–1
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61690
2 2     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 280
3 3     Dattari = DS 9441
4 4     ✸ DS 9440 = Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 637 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 385 (Figari - Mosconi 912)
5 5     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1372