RPC IV.4, 2546

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2546
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 163/4
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(ΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Δ
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9170, Geissen 2022, M 2483
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note On some busts the cuirass is uncertain, amounting only to a slight infill of the shoulder or a slight line at the neck.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61154
2 2     O: HCR26906 M 2483
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2022
4 4     DS 9170 = Peus 282 (30. 10.–1. 11.1973), 423 (Figari - Mosconi 863) = MünzZentrum 161 (11. 1. 2012), 310