RPC IV.4, 2254

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2254
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 Ϲ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΡΗΝΗ L Α
Edition Εἰρήνη (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation Peace, of year 1
Reverse design Eirene seated, left, wearing stephane, holding patera, resting elbow on rail; by throne, cornucopia (from which a small figure (Plutos?) emerging)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3344, M 2433
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 2258/6, 2265/1, 2311/9, 2328/4–5, 7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.308 BMC 1261, pl. VII (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61123
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3761
4 4     O: HCR26881 M 2433
5 5     A: D 2004B / 3074 / 11165
6 6     CNG EA 137, 12 Apr. 2006, lot 148 corr. (Marcus Aurelius)
7 7     ✸ D 3344 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 440
8 8     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 354
9 9     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 10, 26 July 2014, lot 510 corr. (Marcus Aurelius)