RPC IV.4, 2397

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2397
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
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, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, head, right, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3366, Geissen 2006
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2006
2 2     D 3366 = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 321
3 3     MünzZentrum 73 (22. 4. 1992), 1380