RPC IV.4, 15079 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 15079 (temporary)
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 ΑVΡΗΛΙ(ΟϹ) ΟVΗΡΟϹ ϹƐ(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, r.
Reverse inscription L Ɛ
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, facing, head, l., crowned with stephane, holding helmet, resting hand on shield inscribed ΔΥΝΑΜΙϹ placed on short column
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3646, pl. IX (rev.), DS 12311 (on pl. 196), Geissen 2159
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 2159
2 2     P: Doubles 1236
3 3     ✸ L: 1896,1102.15 BMC Suppl 3088
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     D 3646, pl. IX (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 289
6 6     Staffieri
7 7     DS 12311 (on pl. 196) = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 423