RPC IV.4, 3166

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3166
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 170/1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription L Ι Α (?)
Edition (ἔτους) ιʹ αʹ
Translation of year 10, 1
Reverse design Isis, crowned, seated, right; on knee, Harpocrates
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.27 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3473?, DS Suppl pl 22, 17?, Geissen 2074
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4: same obv. die.
Note The Α of the date is reasonably clear on Geissen 2074. The date is not legible on the other specimens, although https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/123865 has traces of an Α or a Δ. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/332482 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/120901 might be year 10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24830
2 2     Cologne Geissen 2074
3 3     ✸ D 3473 = Matthijs
4 4     DS Suppl pl 22, 17 = Aiello