RPC IV.4, 2700

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2700
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ L Ε
Reverse design clasped hands
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3410, M 2516
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5–6: same rev. die as RPC III 5298A/1.
Note One unusual reverse die with ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ below the hands was replicated to create a modern forgery of an AE 23 of Hadrian: RPC III, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/14541.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.26.3773
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61174
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61173
4 4     O: HCR26923 M 2516
5 5     O: HCR26924 M 2517
6 6     A: D 2046AA / 1896/7, IA 452/816
7 7     ✸ Aiello = D 3410
8 8     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 178
9 9     PRF