RPC IV.4, 2660

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2660
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 163/4
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ] ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L [Δ?
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 24, 19
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2654/1–3, 2658/1–6, 2672/1–2, 4.
Note The date is not absolutely certain but there appear to be traces of the Δ of the date and the obverse die is otherwise recorded only for coins of year 4. The reverse is quite close to a coin of year 5 but is not from the same die: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/114400.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Dattari = DS Suppl pl 24, 19