RPC IV.4, 2782

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2782
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 laureate head of Lucius Verus with traces of drapery, left
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 1, 12
Reference D 3737, 3740, DS 9482, DS Suppl pl 24, 15, Geissen 2166, M 2524
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 9: same obv. die as 2785/1–2, 2803/1–2, 2804/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2646
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61712
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61709
4 4     O: HCR33764 M 2524
5 5     A: D 2223 bis / 1896/7, IA 549/961
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2166
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2190
8 8     D 3740 = Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 327
9 9     DS Suppl pl 24, 15 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 375
10 10     Matthijs
11 11     ✸ Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), 3487 = Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 538 = Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 362