RPC IV.4, 2866

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2866
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(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding (palm and) wreath), and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3494, DS Suppl pl 23, 25, Geissen 2048
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 2229 / 3153 / 11019
2 2     ✸ A: D 2054 / 3152 / 11020
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2048
4 4     D 3493
5 5     DS Suppl pl 23, 25 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 288