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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
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
Average weight 20.90 g
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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Roberto Rodriguez Bou coll.