Roman provincial tetradrachm - L E above clasped hands ?

7.95 g. - 23.90 mm

Hello,

It looks like a tetradrachm of Alexandria. The obverse could represent Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus.

But I cannot find this type with L E above the clasped hands. I looked in RPC, ACSearch and CGB without success.

Can you help me ?

Salve,ne ho trovata una uguale anche nei ponderali ma con Adriano per Alessandria ma non sono convinto che la sua sia di Adriano.Non ho trovato altro…Provi a confrontarla.

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5298A

Very interesting, but the coin you presented is not the same on the obverse. On my coin it is clearly not Trajan.

They mention that “It also has the same rev. die with a coin of Marcus Aurelius (D2046AA/1896/7, IA 452/816)”. I cannot find that coin for Marcus Aurelius with that reverse. They give some numbers but I don't know what they mean. Iternet does not help…

You can add it to RPC yourself. Even if the information you provide is simple, their experts will look at it closely and incorporate the data there. Tons of unknown or unrecorded coins surface each year and they try to keep up. It looks like Lucius Verus by the way. To compare the obverse: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2726

I agree with you, I believe it is more Lucius Verus than Marcus Aurelius.

I will check that with RPC. Thanks for the recommendation.

I think it is Marcus, on the thumbnail the letter forms are more consistent with ΑΝΤΩΝ… on the right of the bust. 

There are coins with the LE over the hands in the details of this entry, but they don't show up on the search pages.  Scroll down to see the individual specimens.

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2700

Wow !!! You are right. But they should have a different number… it is not the same type.

Whether a variation like this gets a different number is pretty much at the whim of the cataloguer and can be quite arbitrary.  I think here the argument would be that it's just one messed up die that wasn't messed up enough for them not to use.

That coin is certainly getting a new number as it is a new type:):) I know, because although I am not exactly a RPC writer, I am a regular contributor to their catalogues.  But let them check it themselves. I am not exactly very good on Alexandria. Prof. Howgego is the expert on these.