RPC IV.4, 3008

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3008
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery), left
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design Nike galloping, left, holding wreath and trophy; (below, fallen foe wearing high cap)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 21.65 g
Reference D 3484, DS 9273, 9276
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2998/6, 3010/1–3, 3014/1.
Note From the rubbing in DS, D 3743 might be Marcus rather than Verus and so belong here.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 3484
2 2     ✸ D 9276 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 322 = Matthijs
3 3     DS 9273