RPC IV.4, 2265

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2265
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina II (Augusta)
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 ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference DS 9150
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2254/4, 2258/6, 2311/9, 2328/4–5, 7.
Note Undated type which might have been struck in year 1 or 2, for both of which dated types with Faustina are known. The obverse die was used in both years and so cannot decide the matter.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9150 = Ars et Nummus 1–2 (1973), 262 (Figari - Mosconi 857)