RPC IV.4, 2898

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2898
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
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design shrine (or temple) with two columns and triangular pediment enclosing two Canopi; between heads, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The columns are classical, not the bulbous Egyptian-style (‘papyriform’) columns normally found with the shrine of the Canopi with a rounded pediment.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Roberto Rodriguez Bou coll.