RPC IV.4, 2862

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2862
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 Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.78 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9283
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61735
2 2     ✸ DS 9283 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 229