RPC IV.4, 2423

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2423
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
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 Γ]
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design to left, emperor in military dress standing, facing, head, right, resting hand on long sceptre, holding parazonium; to right, female standing, left, holding wreath over emperor's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.94 g
Reference Förschner 702
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2456/1–2.
Note Förschner read as year 6, but this is better understood as a plausible variant of the Nike crowning emperor type of year 3. The obverse die-link supports the dating. The female may be Alexandria, as Förschner suggests.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Frankfurt Förschner 702