Alexandria: Lucius Verus (161-169 AD) [ AL_2174 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Lucius Verus mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Paludamentum auf der linken Schulter | Lorbeerkranz, darin L Ζ |
| Depicted Person |
Lucius Verus (161-169 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Laurel wreath
|
| Legend (edited) | Λ(ΟΥΚΙΟΣ) - ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ - ΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L Ζ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC IV.4, 2992 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
1370
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Beschreibung)
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
772
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
3688 Taf. 27
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Legende ohne Trennung)
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
2235
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. III (Marc Aurel- Gallienus Nr. 1995-3014), Opladen 1982.
No.
2174
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
539
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
2570
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
100
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
133f., 141
|
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