RPC IV.4, 2471

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2471
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
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 ΕΙΡΗΝΗ L Γ
Reverse design Eirene seated, left, holding patera over altar; by throne, cornucopia; on throne, under elbow, a small figure (Plutos?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 4, 12
Reference D 3714
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note On some specimens a gorgoneion is visible on the cuirass.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24915
2 2     ✸ Aiello
3 3     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 134
4 4     D 3714 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 245
5 5     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 535 = Matthijs