RPC IV.4, 2555

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2555
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 163/4
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρήλ(ιον) Ἀντωνῖνον Σε(βαστὸν)
Translation for Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with aegis around neck, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Sarapis Pantheos, right, wearing kalathos, ram's horn round ear; before, club with serpent twined round it
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 14.14 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 2557/2–4, 2571/1, 2576/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61158
2 2     ✸ Aiello
3 3     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 176 (Staffieri) = Historical Coin Review (Victor England) Vol. XIII, No. 7 (September 1988), no. 30