RPC IV.4, 2459

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2459
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 head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Tyche reclining on couch, left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.49 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Geissen 2014
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 532
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61250
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61251
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61252
5 5     A: D 2023 / 3101 / 11993
6 6     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2014
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2015
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2016
9 9     Historical Coin Review (Victor England) XIII, 2 (Spring, 1988), 50
10 10     Matthijs
11 11     MünzZentrum 65 (9. 11. 1988), 528