RPC IV.4, 1416

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1416
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating AD 152/3
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L [Ι]Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1924
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 1420/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61089
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1924