RPC IV.4, 869


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Coin type
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Volume	IV.4
Number	869
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue	Year Η = 8
Dating	AD 144/5
Obverse inscription	Μ ΑΥΡ]ΗΛΙΟϹ [ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	Β]ΟΥϹΙΡΙΤ L Η
Reverse design	nome (Busirites): Osiris standing, facing, head, left, wearing Anedjti-feather-crown, holding ram and long sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Axis	12
Reference	DS pl. 296, n. d., WG pp. 293–4, 2.11, II
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Dattari = DS pl. 296, n. d.	32	19.78	12		Show
2	2				Empire Coins 6 (14.11.1986), 243 (cited WG p. 294 n. 20 'non vidimus')					Show