RPC IV.4, 2308

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2308
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 161
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, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and sceptre (or parazonium?); at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.68 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Geissen 2125
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figure is conventionally described as Ares but a similar figure is identified as Roma by inscriptions on some issues of AD 161. Ares (or Mars) is not normally shown as seated on Roman Provincial or Imperial coins. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24522, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24515, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24546.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     A: D 2184A / 259/930
3 3     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2125
4 4     Aiello
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 405
6 6     Savoca London 2 Silver, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 171 = Matthijs