RPC IV.4, 2842

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2842
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 165/6
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition 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 Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds; at shoulder, cornucopia; before, reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.52 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3666 corr. (DS), DS 9410
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.940
2 2     ✸ D 3666 corr. (DS) = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 412