RPC IV.4, 2970

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2970
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 Ϲ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design lion walking, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 9364
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 3102/1–2. 2–3, 5–7: same rev. die.
Note The date on one reverse die was subsequently recut to year 8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Doubles 591
2 2     P: 2477
3 3     G SNG 4257 = MacDonald III, 477, no. 520, pl. LXXXVIII, 20
4 4     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 128
5 5     CNA 21 (26. 6.1992), 508
6 6     ✸ DS 9364 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 250
7 7     HPGW coll.