RPC IV.4, 2414

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2414
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
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, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design to left, Alexandria, wearing cap in form of elephant's head, standing, right, holding corn-ears and holding up wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.56 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 3506, M 2465
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Doubles 1192
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61363
3 3     O: HCR33674 M 2465
4 4     Aiello
5 5     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 786 = Triton I (2 Dec. 1997), lot 735; Niggeler 759; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 172 (September 1957), no. 30.
6 6     DS 3506 (? = D 3505 corr.) = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 405 = Matthijs