RPC IV.4, 3085

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3085
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 167/8
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
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 Η
Edition ἔτους ηʹ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding cornucopia, (from which Genius issues, holding wreath,) and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.79 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9495
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.2388 BMC 1388
2 2     B: 5331
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61750
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61751
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 9495 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 442 = Matthijs
7 7     Historical Coin Review (Victor England) XIII, 2 (Spring, 1988), 56