RPC IV.4, 3120

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3120
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 168/9
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) ἐνάτου
Translation of year 9
Reverse design serpent with head of Sarapis, crowned with kalathos, erect, on back of horse, saddled and bridled, walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 22.44 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 9294 (obverse type uncertain)
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61759
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61306
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61305
4 4     O: HCR33709 M 2596 corr.
5 5     Milan SNG 1368?
6 6     Aiello
7 7     CNG 39 (18. 9. 1996), 1069
8 8     ✸ Matthijs