RPC IV.4, 2891

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2891
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(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 3533 (not = D 3533)
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 2894/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1294
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61282
3 3     NY: 1973.56.896
4 4     ✸ Dattari = DS 3533 (not = D 3533)
5 5     Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 529