RPC IV.4, 2358

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2358
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 161/2
Obverse inscription ΜΑ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing, facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Reference DS 9456 corr., DS Suppl pl 22, 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2293/1, 2297/1, 2362/1–2, 2363/1, 2364/1–2, 2370/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 2289/3.
Note The reverse die was recut from year 1. The Β of the new date was not placed over the old Α, leaving a star-shaped erasure where the Α had been.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS Suppl pl 22, 7 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 291
2 2     ✸ Hirsch 185 (15–18.2. 1995), 922 = Matthijs