RPC IV.4, 871

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 871
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΡΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ [L Η]
Edition Ἑρμοπολίτης ἔτους ηʹ Ἑρμοπολίτης (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Hermopolitan, of year 8
Reverse design nome (Hermopolites): Thot/Hermes, bearded, wearing atef crown, standing, facing, head, left, holding ibis and caduceus; at feet, baboon crowned with moon disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.57 g
Reference D 6273, DS pl. 299, n. d., WG p. 154, 1.13, III
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 215