RPC IV.4, 2289

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2289
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(Ε)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.45 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9234, Geissen 1997, M 2438
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same rev. die as 2358/1–2. 4–6: same rev. die as 2374/4.
Note Some Υ forms. One of the reverse dies was subsequently recut into year 2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61688
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61297
3 3     O: HCR33669
4 4     O: HCR33668 M 2438
5 5     A: D 2007B / 3079 / 11121
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1997
7 7     Aiello
8 8     ✸ DS 9234
9 9     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 442
10 10     Matthijs