RPC IV.4, 2414

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2414
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design to left, Alexandria, wearing cap in form of elephant's head, standing, right, holding corn-ears and holding up wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.56 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 3506, M 2465
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Doubles 1192
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61363
3 3     O: HCR33674 M 2465
4 4     Aiello
5 5     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 786 = Triton I (2 Dec. 1997), lot 735; Niggeler 759; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 172 (September 1957), no. 30.
6 6     DS 3506 (? = D 3505 corr.) = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 405 = Matthijs