RPC IV.4, 2772

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2772
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(Β)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Tyche-Euthenia standing, left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; before, forepart of sailing ship; below which, Thalassa (the Sea) reclining, holding rudder; behind, stern of ship, below which, Nilus reclining, holding reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.00 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3460, pl. XXIV (rev.), DS Suppl pl 22, 15
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note See the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23962.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2464
2 2     A: D 2071 / 3177 / 11152
3 3     A: D 2223B / 1896/7, IA 551/963
4 4     Brussels: II,63.713 D 3460, pl. XXIV (rev.) (Figari - Mosconi 876)
5 5     Yale: (Peerless)
6 6     Matthijs
7 7     ✸ NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1345