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IV.4, 3375
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/3375
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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 Α
Υ
ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤ
ω
ΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Ε
Edition
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 Ι
Ε
(??)
Edition
(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.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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V: GR 24854
24
7.83
12
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