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
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with aegis around neck, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with horns, disk, and uraei
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.78 g
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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