RPC IV.4, 2440

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2440
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
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Reverse design Heracles and the Nemean lion: Heracles (youthful) standing, right, grasping lion by the jaws and lifting it out of cave; behind, tree, from which hangs bow; against tree, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2099
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.502 BMC 1289 with p. 16 = ZPE 50 (1983), 294, D, pl. XVII, 1c
2 2     ✸ A: D 2022B / 3100 ZPE 50 (1983), 293–4, pl. XVII, 1b = Voegtli, Heldenepen, 14 corr. (pl. 8a)
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2099 = ZPE 50 (1983), 292, D, pl. XVII, 1a