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
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription [L Γ]
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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Frankfurt Förschner 702