RPC IV.4, 2890

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2890
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, left
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Edition σημασία ἔτους ϛʹ σημασία (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation signal, of year 6
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 26.17 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2052
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2860/1–2, 2875/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61283
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2052
3 3     CGT coll.