RPC IV.4, 2959

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2959
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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 griffin seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.78 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2043
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2807/1–2.
Note The obverse die was carried over from year 5. The date looks as though it might have been recut on the reverse die from year 5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2043