RPC IV.4, 2853

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2853
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 ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design two Canopi facing each other; (between bodies, crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3438, Geissen 2041, M 2550
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same obv. die as 2879/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.282 BMC Suppl 3066
2 2     O: HCR33692 M 2550
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2041
4 4     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 787 = Staffieri