RPC IV.4, 2713

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2713
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(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
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 3374, DS 9180, 9183, M 2507
Specimens 10 (6 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     P: 2461
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop: 536
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61171
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61170
6 6     O: HCR26915 M 2507
7 7     A: D 2039 / 3133 / 12171
8 8     Brussels: II,63.712 D 3374 (Figari - Mosconi 866)
9 9     DS 9180 = Kölner Münzkabinett 68 (1998), 329 (Figari - Mosconi 867)
10 10     DS 9183 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 228