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Æ33 - Marcus Aurelius L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 165-166 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and bearded bust of Marcus Aurelius facing left, rendered in the characteristic Antonine portrait style with finely modelled curled hair and full beard. The imperial effigy occupies the central field, with the circumferential Greek legend running along the outer border. The portrait displays the philosophical gravitas associated with Aurelius's Alexandrian coinage, with naturalistic facial features typical of the mid-second century Roman provincial mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus) |
| Reverse description | A tetrastyle or distyle temple façade with two prominent columns framing a cult statue of Nilus, the personification of the River Nile, shown seated upon rocky ground and facing left. The deity holds a reed in one hand and a cornucopia in the other, symbolising the river's life-giving fertility. The date regnal legend appears in the field, characteristic of Alexandrian civic coinage. The composition reflects the Ptolemaic and Roman religious traditions honouring Nilus as a principal deity of Egypt. |
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