RPC IV.4, 2770

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2770
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 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
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Tyche-Euthenia standing, left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; before, forepart of sailing ship; below which, Thalassa (the Sea) reclining, holding dolphin or (?); behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding rudder or (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 22.66 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3461?
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same rev. die as 2801/1–5.
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 2071 bis / 1896/7, IA 468/844
2 2     ✸ Matthijs