RPC IV.4, 2894

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2894
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 rounded pediment enclosing two Canopi; (between heads, crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.49 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9339, M 2560 corr.?
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 5: same obv. die as 2891/4.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2547
2 2     O: HCR33775 M 2560 corr.
3 3     A: D 2091A(?) / 3208 / 11075
4 4     DS 9339 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 324
5 5     ✸ Matthijs