RPC IV.4, 2259

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2259
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 Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) laureate-headed, wearing togas, standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each holding long sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.13 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9153
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 662-1948
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61119
3 3     O: HCR26886
4 4     ✸ A: D 2007 / 3077 / 11164
5 5     CNG 43 (24. 9. 1997), 1177
6 6     DS 9153 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 324