RPC IV.4, 1066

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1066
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(Ο)Ϲ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟ(Υ)
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which Genius issues, holding wreath; to left, ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3205, DS 9054
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2506 SNG 2757
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3788
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61204
4 4     A: D 1946AA(?) / 1897/8, IH 942/1486
5 5     Aiello
6 6     DS 9054 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 297
7 7     Rauch 86, 12 May 2010, lot 855 = CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 935
8 8     Sotheby 9.3.1972, coll. Jungfleisch, 122