RPC IV.4, 2892


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2892 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.4
Number	2892
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
Obverse design	laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription	ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Reverse design	Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Axis	12
Reference	D 3531, DS 9311, Geissen 2049, M 2538
Specimens	9 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Some Ⲱ forms. Some intermediate between Ʊ and Ⲱ.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.61284		31	22.79	12	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.61285		34	22.48	12	Show
3	3	O: HCR33684	M 2538	33	19.50	12	Show
4	4	O: HCR33685	M 2539	31	17.68	12	Show
5	5	A: D 2060 / 3162 / 11030		34	28.98	12	Show
6	6	Cologne	Geissen 2049	33	27.33	12	Show
7	7	Cologne	Geissen 2050	33	21.92	12	Show
8	8	Frankfurt	Förschner 704?	33	27.48		Show
9	9 ✸		D 3531 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 323	32.9	25.32		Show