RPC IV.4, 2712

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2712
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia(?); before, lebes on stand (under lion's head spout); behind, standard
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3375–6, DS 9181–2, M 2508
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note The stand of the lebes may be vertical or in the form of a branch.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.280 BMC 1274, pl. XIII (rev.)
2 2     B: 28884
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61172
4 4     O: HCR26916 M 2508
5 5     V: GR 24831
6 6     A: D 2041 / 3135 / 12169
7 7     A: D 2040 / 3134 / 12170
8 8     ✸ D 3376 = Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1513 = Bickelmann 27 (1972), 524 (Figari - Mosconi 868)
9 9     Dattari = D 3375
10 10     DS 9181 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 312
11 11     Künker 97 (7. 3. 2005), 1513