RPC IV.4, 2758

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2758
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ(Ϲ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing aegis, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Sarapis standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia (over lebes); either side, Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned to him, one holding bridle(?) and whip, the other crowning Sarapis with wreath, holding whip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2754/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1299, pl. XV (rev.)
2 2     ✸ B: 8421