RPC IV.4, 2900

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2900
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός 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 Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design pylon of temple of Osiris with two towers, each with vertical flag niche and two windows, enclosing Canopus, above steps; on architrave, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.64 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3568, pl. XXX (rev.)
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note The sanctuary may be identified as that of Osiris at Canopus by inscriptions on bone tokens with the same image (McKenzie 2007, pp. 61; 185-6).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61360
2 2     A: D 2052 / 3150 / 11017
3 3     ✸ CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 273 = Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), coll. Ruzicka, 468
4 4     CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 509
5 5     Dattari = D 3568, pl. XXX (rev.)
6 6     Image provided by David Vagi
7 7     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 960?