RPC IV.4, 869

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Β]ΟΥϹΙΡΙΤ L Η
Edition Βουσιρίτ(ης) (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Busirite (nome), of year 8
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
Average weight 19.78 g
Axis 12
Reference DS pl. 296, n. d., WG pp. 293–4, 2.11, II
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Dattari = DS pl. 296, n. d.
2 2     Empire Coins 6 (14.11.1986), 243 (cited WG p. 294 n. 20 'non vidimus')