RPC IV.4, 2893

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2893
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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
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 32 mm
Average weight 22.03 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3532 corr. (DS), pl. XXIV (rev.), Geissen 2051, M 2540
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.514 BMC 1293, pl. XI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2544
3 3     O: HCR33686 M 2540
4 4     O: HCR33687 M 2541
5 5     O: HCR33688 M 2542
6 6     A: D 2060B / 3164 / 11033
7 7     A: D 2057A / 240/832
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2051
9 9     Aiello
10 10     D 3532 = Karl Kress 159 (1974), 996 (Figari - Mosconi 880)
11 11     Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 295 = Matthijs