RPC IV.4, 2337

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2337
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 161/2
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with aegis around neck, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with horns, disk, and uraei
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A laureate portrait of Lucius Verus with an aegis is also found on a sestertius at Rome for TR P II (10 December AD 161 – 9 December AD 162), which may have provided the inspiration: RIC III, 1319; Szaivert 1986, pp. 99; 247 no. 34-16/31. For bare head portraits of Lucius Verus with an aegis at about the same time: RIC III, nos. 453 (aureus of AD 161); 473 (aureus of AD 161-2).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 2176 / 3296