RPC IV.4, 2712

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2712
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
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, left
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia(?); before, lebes on stand (under lion's head spout); behind, standard
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.75 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3375–6, DS 9181–2, M 2508
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note The stand of the lebes may be vertical or in the form of a branch.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.280 BMC 1274, pl. XIII (rev.)
2 2     B: 28884
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61172
4 4     O: HCR26916 M 2508
5 5     V: GR 24831
6 6     A: D 2041 / 3135 / 12169
7 7     A: D 2040 / 3134 / 12170
8 8     ✸ D 3376 = Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1513 = Bickelmann 27 (1972), 524 (Figari - Mosconi 868)
9 9     Dattari = D 3375
10 10     DS 9181 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 312
11 11     Künker 97 (7. 3. 2005), 1513