RPC IV.4, 2891

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2891
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(Β)
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Edition σημασία ἔτους ϛʹ σημασία (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation signal, of year 6
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.02 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 3533 (not = D 3533)
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 2894/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1294
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61282
3 3     NY: 1973.56.896
4 4     ✸ Dattari = DS 3533 (not = D 3533)
5 5     Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 529