RPC IV.4, 2900

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2900
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 with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design pylon of temple of Osiris with two towers, each with vertical flag niche and two windows, enclosing Canopus, above steps; on architrave, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3568, pl. XXX (rev.)
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note The sanctuary may be identified as that of Osiris at Canopus by inscriptions on bone tokens with the same image (McKenzie 2007, pp. 61; 185-6).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61360
2 2     A: D 2052 / 3150 / 11017
3 3     ✸ CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 273 = Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), coll. Ruzicka, 468
4 4     CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 509
5 5     Dattari = D 3568, pl. XXX (rev.)
6 6     Image provided by David Vagi
7 7     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 960?