RPC IV.4, 2759

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2759
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 ΑΥ]ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝ[ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, 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 32 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3529, 3529 bis, Geissen 2104
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61267
2 2     V: GR 24832
3 3     ✸ A: D 2046 bis A / 1896/7, IA 456/820
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2104
5 5     Aiello
6 6     D 3529 bis = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 442 = Matthijs