RPC IV.4, 1149

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1149
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, right, crowned with disk and horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.17 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1148/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.2454 BMC 1250
2 2     L: 1947,0606.1072 BMC Suppl 3054
3 3     P: 2253 SNG 2767
4 4     G SNG 4249 = MacDonald III, 476, no. 512
5 5     A: D 1973 / 3037 / 11051
6 6     Castrizio 2016, no. 42 (hoard from Necropolis of Antinoopolis)
7 7     ✸ M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 610 = Staffieri