RPC IV.4, 2298

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2298
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 161
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝ[ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ (?)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ L Α
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστὸς ἔτους αʹ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστὸς) (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus, of year 1
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.85 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same rev. die as 2297/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.549 BMC 1312 = BMC Suppl pl. 3
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61344
3 3     O: HCR33647
4 4     V: GR 24862
5 5     Aycock-Wakefield coll. (ex Naville Numismatics, Auction 93, December 15th, 2024, lot 444)