RPC IV.4, 2857

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2857
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 ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design two Canopi facing each other; (between bodies, crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference M 2549
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1915,0902.3 BMC Suppl 3067
2 2     ✸ P: 2475
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61262
4 4     O: HCR33691 M 2549
5 5     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 271