RPC IV.4, 1293

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1293
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus) ; Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙϹ ΚΑΙ[ϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ι[Δ(?)]
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius), laureate, wearing toga, standing, right, holding scroll, clasping hands with Faustina II, standing, left, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Reference DS 9040
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1295/1.
Note The reading of the Δ of the date is unclear but the obverse die-link with year 14 makes L ΙΔ likely. The reverse type copies a denarius of Antoninus Pius of AD 150/1 with the inscription CONCORDIAE: RIC III, 191.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9040 = Heidelberger Münzhandlung 20 (1997), 381 (Figari - Mosconi 821)