RPC IV.4, 3346

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3346
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 178/9
Obverse inscription ΚΡΕΙϹΠΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΑΥΤ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΥ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design Heracles and the Erymanthian boar: Heracles (youthful?), advancing, right, carrying boar over shoulder; behind, club on lion skin; to right, Eurystheus in storage jar, raising arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9681
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3347/1, 3360/1, 3361/1.
Note Voegtli, Heldenepen, p.23.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bern: 80.564 DS 8681 = Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 179 no. 28 = Auctiones 7 (7. 6. 1977), 460 (Figari - Mosconi 956) illustrated KG 42.1