RPC IV.4, 1293

 

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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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ι[Δ(?)]
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

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