RPC IV.4, 2874

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2874
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ ϹΕ
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 23, 22, M 2554
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2901/1–5, 3003/1, 3, 3011/3–4, 3012/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR33694 M 2554
2 2     DS Suppl pl 23, 22