RPC IV, 16892


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2770 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.4
Number	2770
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
Obverse design	laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription	L Ε
Reverse design	Tyche-Euthenia standing, left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; before, forepart of sailing ship; below which, Thalassa (the Sea) reclining, holding dolphin or (?); behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding rudder or (?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	31 mm
Axis	12
Reference	D 3461?
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links	2: same rev. die as 2801/1–5.
Note	See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			A: D 2071 bis / 1896/7, IA 468/844		32	23.31	12	it is not clear what the reclining figures are holding; no other specimens have been found from this reverse die	Show
2	2 ✸				Matthijs	30	22.00		the male reclining figure holds a rudder; die-linked coins prove that the reclining female is holding a dolphin	Show