RPC IV.4, 2335

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2335
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 161/2
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ(?)
Obverse design bare-headed busts of Lucius Verus (on left) and Marcus Aurelius (on right), facing each other, both wearing paludamentum
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design draped bust of Nike, right, with topknot, wearing taenia, palm-branch over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2120
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2332/1–3.
Note The last letter of the inscription may be a Ϲ as on the other obverse die with bare-headed busts, or an Ι, or a Ϲ corrected to an Ι.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2120