RPC IV.4, 2766

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2766
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 Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia over lebes on stand; behind, (?) on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.68 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2761/2. 1–2: same rev. die.
Note Cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24936 (amphora on its side on a two-tier, garlanded, base) or https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24999 (hawks on base).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61266
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61713
3 3     Milan SNG 1387 corr.