RPC IV.4, 3261

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3261
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 ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝ[ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Euthenia reclining left, (on sphinx), holding ears of corn and lotus-flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.74 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3457
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 3259/1, 3275/3. 4, 6: same obv. die.
Note Most specimens are too worn to see if the portrait originally had drapery.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 423
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61323
3 3     ✸ Yale
4 4     Aiello
5 5     D 3457
6 6     Matthijs