RPC IV.4, 2897

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2897
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design shrine (or temple) with two columns and rounded pediment enclosing two Canopi; between heads, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.70 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61291
2 2     Milan SNG 1369