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IV.4, 2898
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2898
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Volume
IV.4
Number
2898
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 Α
Υ
ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤ
Ω
ΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Ε
Edition
Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design
laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription
L Ϛ
Edition
(ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation
of year 6
Reverse design
shrine (or temple) with two columns and triangular pediment enclosing two Canopi; between heads, crescent
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
32 mm
Average weight
20.90 g
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
Note
The columns are classical, not the bulbous Egyptian-style (‘papyriform’) columns normally found with the shrine of the Canopi with a rounded pediment.
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1
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Roberto Rodriguez Bou coll.
32.4
20.90
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