RPC IV.4, 1296

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1296
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι<ο>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 ΙΔ
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design griffin seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.31 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3224, DS 9071, Geissen 1919, M 2121
Specimens 25 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 22: same obv. die as 1294/7, 1295/6, 1297/1, 1299/3–4. 22: same rev. die as 1297/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.216 BMC Suppl 3051
2 2     P: 2459 SNG 2459
3 3     P: 2517 (Wiczay 876) SNG 2774
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1995.11.145
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61228
7 7     NY: 1944.100.61227
8 8     NY: 1944.100.61226
9 9     O: HCR33664 M 2121
10 10     A: D 1979 / 3044 / 11060
11 11     A: D 1978 / 3043 / 19011
12 12     A: 6735
13 13     Cologne Geissen 1919
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1940
15 15     Frankfurt Förschner 688
16 16     Frankfurt Förschner 690
17 17     CNG EA 276, 21 Mar. 2012, lot 310
18 18     CNG EA 278, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 247
19 19     ✸ CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 758
20 20     DS 9071 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 226
21 21     Matthijs
22 22     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 214
23 23     Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 358
24 24     Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 294
25 25     private coll.