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 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
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

Number Number 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