RPC IV.4, 2301


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	IV.4
Number	2301
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue	Year Α = 1
Dating	AD 161
Obverse inscription	ΛΟΥΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗ ϹΕΒΑ
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L Α
Reverse design	Dikaiosyne standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Axis	11, 12
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	3: same obv. die as 2306/1–2.

Number	Number	Museum	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1974.26.3873	34	26.11	12		Show
2	2 ✸	V: GR 24912	31	16.16	12	heavily tooled; obverse inscription reworked; double date: L Β L Α	Show
3	3	Yale: (Peerless)	33	20.20	11		Show