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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT, Alexandria.  Lucius Verus

    year 4, CE 163/4

    tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.4 gm

    Obv:  ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bare head right

    Rev:  laureate bust of Zeus right; L-Δ

    Ref: Emmett 2367 (4), R1

    Another delightful find in  large mixed lot, Stack's Bowers Nov. 2013

    Translation of legend abbreviations:

    Λ(OVKIOC)   AVPHΛI(OC)   OVHPOC   CEB(ACTOC)

    Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus

    L-Δ

    year 4