RPC IV.4, 2871

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2871
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 laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining, right, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; (in field, ΙϚ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.06 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3496, Geissen 2045
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61277
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2045
4 4     Milan SNG 1388
5 5     ✸ Aiello
6 6     Aiello
7 7     Dattari = D 3496