RPC IV.4, 2892

 

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Coin type
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 ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, r.
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, l., holding palm-branch
Metal Æ
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61284
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61285
3 3     O: HCR33684 M 2538
4 4     O: HCR33685 M 2539
5 5     A: D 2060 / 3162 / 11030
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2049
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2050
8 8     Frankfurt Förschner 704?
9 9     ✸ D 3531 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 323