RPC IV.4, 2324

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2324
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 161/2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (ϹΕ)
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 rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds; at shoulder, reed; before, cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3362, pl. XIX (rev.), 3363, M 2449
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4253 = MacDonald III, 477, no. 514
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61132
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61130
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61129
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61131
6 6     O: HCR26892 M 2449
7 7     A: D 2010 / 3082 / 11123
8 8     ✸ Dattari = D 3362, pl. XIX (rev.)
9 9     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 18, 27 June 2015, lot 642 corr. = Roma Numismatics E-Sale 16, 28 Feb. 2015, lot 295 corr.