RPC IV.4, 2780


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2780 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.4
Number	2780
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L Ε
Reverse design	Nike seated on cuirass, left, (wearing helmet), holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Axis	12
Reference	D 3738, pl. XVIII (rev.), DS 9481, 9483, Geissen 2164
Specimens	7 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Some Υ forms.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 2645		32	23.64	12	Show
2	2	Mu: 437		32	18.05	12	Show
3	3	Cologne	Geissen 2164	33	21.35	12	Show
4	4	Cologne	Geissen 2165	31	16.36	12	Show
5	5 ✸		Aiello	32			Show
6	6		D 9481 = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 340	30.5	16.89		Show
7	7		DS 9483 = Münzen Auktion Essen 86 (2003), 295 (Figari - Mosconi 921)	30			Show