RPC IV.4, 2708

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2708
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(Β)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate 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 reed and cornucopia (or cornucopia and reed), seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.41 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3367, M 2509
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61166
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61167
3 3     O: HCR26917 M 2509
4 4     A: D 2038 / 3128 / 12177
5 5     ✸ A: D 2042A / 3137 / 12167
6 6     Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 244