RPC IV.4, 2901

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2901
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΝ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρήλι(ον) Ἀντωνῖνον Σε(βαστὸν)
Translation for Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) Ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing statue of Nilus seated on rocks, left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.68 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3802 corr.? (not = DS 3802), DS 9342
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 2874/1–2, 3003/1, 3, 3011/3–4, 3012/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61732
2 2     A: D 2054B / 239/827
3 3     A: D 2229B / 1896/7, IA 557/969
4 4     ✸ Aiello
5 5     D 3802 corr.? (not = DS 3802) ?= Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 285
6 6     DS 9342 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 241