RPC IV.4, 2449

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2449
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 Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; (before, dome); below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.311 BMC 1301, pl. XXI (rev.)
2 2     A: on display no. 88
3 3     DS 9279 = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 275
4 4     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1366