RPC IV.4, 2868

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2868
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 ΑΥ[ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ]Ϲ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3493
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 2873/2, 4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61275
2 2     O: HCR33697 M 2557
3 3     D 3494 = Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 250 = Matthijs