RPC IV.4, 2860 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2860 (forgery)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 165/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription [L Ϛ] (?)
Reverse design emperor in military dress galloping, left, brandishing spear; before and behind, soldiers holding shields; beneath hooves, fallen foe; beneath belly of horse, two foes, one fallen, the other seated
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 2531
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2875/1, 2890/2.
Note Both specimens appear cast but probably derive from a genuine original. The scene is copied closely from medallions of Lucius Verus of AD 165 (Gnecchi II, no. 39 (pl. 75, 8-9). The date is illegible but the obverse die-link makes year 6 plausible. Year 7 has types of Nike galloping over fallen foes, but the obverse type here is not recorded for year 7. The reverse type recurs under Caracalla – possibly also on a cast.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33683 M 2531
2 2     ✸ Matthijs