RPC IV.4, 2706

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2706
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right, paludamentum over left shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding wreath; to right, Nilus, holding reed and cornucopia (or cornucopia and reed), seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 9175–6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 2317/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 425
2 2     Dattari = DS 9175
3 3     DS 9176 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 283