RPC IV.4, 3375

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3375
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Uncertain year
Dating AD 161/80
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ(??)
Edition ἔτους ιεʹ (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.83 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This coin is a bit of a mystery. The traces of the date appears to read L ΙƐ but not certainly. No other coins of year 15 have a portrait with traces of drapery. Laureate portraits with traces of drapery are otherwise found on the AE 23 denomination only in years 4 and 6. No parallel for the obverse die can be found. The obverse looks closest to year 6. Suspect or false?
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 24854