RPC IV.4, 2889

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2889
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 ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, l., holding palm-branch
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9310, Geissen 2106, M 2543
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Doubles 589
2 2     B: 28956
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61286
4 4     O: HCR33689 M 2543
5 5     ✸ A: D 2060A / 3163 / 13173 135
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2106
7 7     DS 9310 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 268
8 8     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2188 = Matthijs