RPC IV.4, 3018

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3018
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius wearing aegis, right
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Reverse design Triptolemus, wearing elephant's-head cap, holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9314
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 2999/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ A: D 2065 / 3169 / 11069
3 3     DS 9314 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 288
4 4     Matthijs
5 5     Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 783