RPC IV.4, 1299

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1299
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) 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 ΙΔ
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and long sceptre; at his feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.60 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3212, M 2094
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die as 1294/7, 1295/6, 1296/22, 1297/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33660 M 2094
2 2     Milan SNG 1345
3 3     D 3212 = CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 244 = VMR 3712 (Figari - Mosconi 828)
4 4     ✸ Niggeler 758 (ex Münzen und Medaillen 172 (1957), 29) = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 240