RPC IV.4, 2499

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2499
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβαστός Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Οὐῆρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; (before, dome); below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.81 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2501/1, 2505/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61771
2 2     ✸ Niggeler 764 = Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 217 = Lanz 44 (16. 5. 1988), 617 = Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 809