RPC IV.4, 2649

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2649
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 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 Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.07 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 23, 37, Geissen 2031
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 6: same pair of dies. 2–3, 6: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2454
2 2     A: 3078a / 267
3 3     A: D 2212(?) / 3123 / 12082
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2031
5 5     ✸ DS Suppl pl 23, 37 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 309
6 6     Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35059 = Matthijs