RPC IV.4, 2705

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2705
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.05 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3369
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 2036A / 1896/7, IA 451/815
2 2     D 3369
3 3     D 3369 = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 276
4 4     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 925 = Staffieri