RPC IV.4, 1392

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1392
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙƐ = 15
Dating AD 151/2
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 ΙΕ
Edition (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, left, crowned with disk and horns, enfolding poppy and stalk of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 5.67 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 9068
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 1391/1–2, 1393/1, 4–7, 1450/1–2, 4, 1451/1–2, 5, 7, 1631/1. 1: same rev. die as 1631/1.
Note The date was subsequently altered to L ΙΖ on the die. DS 9068 and 9076 (date illegible) might belong to either year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.888
2 2     V: GR 24812
3 3     DS 9068 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 289