RPC IV.4, 2719

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2719
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ε, ΔΥΝΑΜΙϹ (on shield)
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, facing, head, left, crowned with stephane, holding helmet, resting hand on shield placed on short column
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2158
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2723/1–2, 2740/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2158
2 2     Staffieri