RPC IV.4, 3011

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3011
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 166/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ ϹΕ (?)
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Reverse design to left, Sarapis as fountain-god standing, left, head, right, wearing kalathos, holding taenia; to right, Isis, wearing basileion, holding wreath over his head, and cornucopia; between them, lebes on stand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Reference D 3777 corr., pl. XXIII (rev.) wrongly numbered as '3776' = DS 9309 corr., DS 3777 (not = D 3777)
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die as 2874/1–2, 2901/1–5, 3003/1, 3, 3012/1.
Note Just possibly ΑVΡΗΛΙΟΝ, as on the other die with bare head of Marcus Aurelius, l., but the terminal ΟΝ is not visible on any specimen from this die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 3777, pl. XXIII (rev.) wrongly numbered as '3776' = DS 9309 corr.
2 2     DS 3777 (not = D 3777)
3 3     DS 9309 corr. = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 396 = Matthijs
4 4     ✸ Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 646