RPC IV.4, 2871

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2871
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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining, right, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; (in field, ΙϚ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.06 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3496, Geissen 2045
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61277
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2045
4 4     Milan SNG 1388
5 5     ✸ Aiello
6 6     Aiello
7 7     Dattari = D 3496