RPC IV.4, 3137

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3137
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 168/9
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription L Θ
Edition (ἔτους) θʹ
Translation of year 9
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, left, crowned with disk and horns, enfolding two stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.49 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3604
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 3136/2–3, 3224/1–2, 3225/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 3104/1, 3139/1.
Note Date recut on the reverse die from year 8 to year 9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61261
2 2     ✸ O: HCR56438 = D 3604