RPC IV.4, 2856

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2856
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design two Canopi facing each other; (between bodies, crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3439?, DS 9232, Geissen 2040
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61272
2 2     A: D 2055 / 3154/ 11018
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2040
4 4     Matthijs
5 5     ✸ Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), 3459 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 245