RPC IV.4, 2643


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Coin type
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Volume	IV.4
Number	2643
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L Δ
Reverse design	Orpheus seated on rocks, right, holding lyre, surrounded by animals
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Cop 534
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 3: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 2647/1. 1, 3: same rev. die as 2662/1.
Note	All recorded specimens seem to be cast but there was presumably an authentic original. Both the obverse and reverse of P: 2460 are die-linked to genuine coins of this year. It is just possible that the flans for this special type were produced in an unusual way – hence the heavy weight and casting ridge of P: 2460 – but more likely that it is a modern cast of a genuine coin.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 2460		34	36.07	12	cast? – with edge ridge, heavy, tooled?	Show
2	2	P: faux		33	21.80	12	cast, as P: 2460, 21.80 g	Show
3	3	Cop: 535		33		1	cast, as P: 2460, 20.75 g	Show
4	4	V: GR 24938	NZ n. f. 17 (1924), 112 no. 57	33		12	poor cast, as P: 2460, 18.09 g	Show