RPC IV.4, 3058

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3058
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 167/8
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙ)ΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design draped bust of Selene, right, crowned with crescent on taenia, torch over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3386, DS 9186–7
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die as 3107/2–4. 4–5: same obv. die.
Note The obverse die with ΑVΡΗΟϹ was carried over to year 9. The same spelling mistake ΑVΡΗΟϹ for ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ is also found on drachms of year 8: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25296.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 538
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61184
3 3     ✸ Aiello
4 4     DS 9186 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 289
5 5     DS 9187
6 6     Empire Coins FPC 54 (1990), 251 ex Dickie