RPC IV.4, 2878

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2878
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 ΑΝΤ[ΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
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 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 23, 23
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 2865/1.
Note The date cannot be read on any specimen but the obverse die-link to year 6 and the use of the reverse type in that year make the dating plausible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24844
2 2     ✸ Milan SNG 1395
3 3     DS Suppl pl 23, 23