RPC IV.4, 2709

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2709
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(ΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
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 13.14 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9174
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2458
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61168
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61169
5 5     ✸ A: D 2218A(?) / 3129 / 12178
6 6     CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 369
7 7     DS 9174
8 8     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 706 corr.
9 9     Staffieri