RPC IV.4, 2812

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2812
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 165/6
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design griffin seated, left, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.44 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Vat: Mt.Gr.Aegyptus.NummiAlexandrini.918 Zoëga p. 233, no. 49 (pl. XIV) corr.?
2 2     ✸ ex Curtis coll. = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 575