RPC IV.4, 2252

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2252
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 161
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3342, DS 9158, Geissen 1995, M 2428
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61121
2 2     O: HCR26879 M 2428
3 3     ✸ A: D 2002A / 3071 / 11155
4 4     A: D 2004 / 3072 / 11159
5 5     A: D 2002 / 3070 / 11139
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1995
7 7     CNG EA 414, 14 Feb. 2018, lot 462
8 8     D 2227 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 281
9 9     DS 9158 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung 22 (1998), 115; Elsen 81 (2004), 625 (Figari - Mosconi 860) = MünzZentrum 29 (27 Apr. 1977), 164