RPC IV.4, 2802

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2802
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Tyche-Euthenia standing, left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; before, forepart of sailing ship; below which, Thalassa (the Sea) reclining, holding rudder (or dolphin); behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding reed (or rudder)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3725 corr.? (DS), DS 9469
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4281 = MacDonald III, 481, no. 543
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61776
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61775
4 4     CNG 37 (20. 3. 1996), 1198 = CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 281
5 5     D 3725 corr. = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 277
6 6     ✸ DS 9469 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 360
7 7     Matthijs