RPC IV.4, 2673

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2673
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 163/4
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 Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike (or patera) and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle; (on throne, small figure of Nike)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.67 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9523?, D 3794 bis, DS Suppl DS pl 25, 25, 30
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (I-B)
2 2     B: (B. Friedlaender 1861)
3 3     C
4 4     NY: 1973.56.947
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61706
6 6     O: HCR33671 M 2497 corr.
7 7     Leeds-UL: 490
8 8     Aiello
9 9     D 3794 bis = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 236
10 10     DS Suppl pl 25, 30 = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 282
11 11     Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35062 = Matthijs
12 12     ✸ I. Sherif coll.