RPC IV.4, 2872

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2872
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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining, right, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; in field, ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.41 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2046
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2548
2 2     ✸ A: D 2064 bis / 1896/7, IA 459/825
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2046