RPC IV.4, 14101 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 14101 (temporary)
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 ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, r.
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, l., holding palm-branch
Metal Æ
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3532 corr. (DS), pl. XXIV (rev.), Geissen 2051, M 2540
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33686 M 2540
2 2     O: HCR33687 M 2541
3 3     O: HCR33688 M 2542
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2051
5 5     P: 2544?
6 6     ✸ L: 1864,1118.514 BMC 1293, pl. XI (rev.)
7 7     A: D 3164 / 11033 / 2060 B
8 8     A: D 2057A / 240/832
9 9     Aiello
10 10     D 3532 = Karl Kress - Auktion 159 (1974), 996 (Figari - Mosconi 880)
11 11     Savoca EA 32 Silver, 14 Apr. 2019, lot 295 = Matthijs