RPC IV.4, 2428

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2428
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 ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ (??)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [L Γ]
Reverse design emperor, in military dress, galloping, right, thrusting spear at fallen foe; another foe kneeling(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Reference D 3422, DS pl. 320, 597
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Probably year 3. D read Μ ΑVΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ from the coin. The obverse is very close to https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/109243 (Marcus, year 3), and possibly from the same die. The reverse fits well with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24721 (also year 3). Dattari read [L] ΙΑ?, surely in error.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 3422
2 2     DS pl. 320, 597