RPC IV.4, 2855

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2855
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 165/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ(Ϲ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design two Canopi facing each other; (between bodies, crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2039
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3798
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3799
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61271
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2039
5 5     Aiello