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IV.4, 3258
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/3258
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Volume
IV.4
Number
3258
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)
Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue
Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating
AD 175/6
Obverse inscription
Μ Α
Υ
ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤ
ω
ΝΙ[ΝΟϹ] Ϲ
Ε
Edition
Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design
laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription
L ΙϚ
Edition
(ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation
of year 16
Reverse design
sacred boat of Osiris on wheels; on which, shrine, surmounted by five hawks crowned with skhents, containing statue of Osiris(?) facing front; either side of shrine, hawks on columns; inside either end of boat, hawks on torches(?)
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
32 mm
Average weight
22.62 g
Axis
12
Reference
D 3557 corr., pl. XXVII (rev.), 3558?
Specimens
4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–3: same obv. die as 3268/1.
Note
For the type see the note on
RPC
III, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/13566.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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NY: 1944.100.61341
32
23.39
12
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2
2
A: D 2084 / 3192 / 9193
32
21.85
12
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3
3
Dattari = D 3557 corr., pl. XXVII (rev.)
30
cast and holed forgery, 7.27 g
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4
4
Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 970 (rev.)
33
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