RPC IV.4, 1121

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1121
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΒ = 12
Dating AD 148/9
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(Ο)Ϲ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful/short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΔωΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) δωδεκάτου
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.68 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3194, DS Suppl pl 21, 4, Geissen 1910, M 1997
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2505 SNG 2761
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61207
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61206
4 4     O: HCR33655 M 1997
5 5     A: D 1972 / 3035 / 11053
6 6     A: D 1965 / 3023
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1910
8 8     ✸ Aiello
9 9     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 243 = Matthijs