RPC IV.4, 2384

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2384
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, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L [Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining, right, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; below, water-plants(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.41 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9487
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2377/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Delepierre 65
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61349