RPC IV.4, 2893

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2893
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

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