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 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 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

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