RPC IV.4, 2521

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2521
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 laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design sphinx reclining, right; above, draped bust of Sarapis, right, wearing kalathos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.64 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9501
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same rev. die as 2514/1.
Note Some Υ forms.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 556
2 2     NY: 1975.160.8
3 3     ✸ Aiello
4 4     DS 9501 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 257
5 5     Malloy 14 (2.7.1979), 365
6 6     Staffieri