RPC IV.4, 2711

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2711
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia(?); before, lebes on stand (under lion's head spout); (behind, standard)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3372, 3373, pl. XXIII (rev.), DS 9184
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The stand of the lebes may be vertical or in the form of a branch.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.881
2 2     3373, pl. XXIII (rev.)
3 3     D 3372 = Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 318