RPC IV.4, 2910

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2910
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 ΑΥΡ]ΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design trophy with captives
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 29.51 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2852/1.
Note On front-facing busts the traces of a cuirass may be minimal, so that there is little distinction between this bust type and a laureate-headed bust wearing paludamentum, r.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: (Rothschild 446)