RPC IV.4, 2998

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2998
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 166/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings, on garlanded altar; either side, standards with vexilla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.31 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3590 corr., pl. XXXII (rev.), 3591, DS 9358
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 3008/2, 3010/1–3, 3014/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (I-B)
2 2     Milan SNG 1371?
3 3     Aiello
4 4     D 3590 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 373
5 5     D 3591 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 286
6 6     DS 9358 = Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 294