RPC IV.4, 1228

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1228
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
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 ΙΓ
Edition (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, right, crowned with disk and horns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.53 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3228, 3227 corr., 3229 corr.? (DS), Geissen 1917
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1868,0501.6 BMC 1251
2 2     V: GR 24809
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1917
4 4     Aiello
5 5     D 3229 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 225
6 6     Dattari = 3227 corr.