RPC IV.4, 1451

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1451
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design sphinx reclining, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5, 7: same obv. die as 1391/1–2, 1392/1, 3, 1393/1, 4–7, 1450/1–2, 4, 1631/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.267 BMC 1249
2 2     G SNG 4251 = MacDonald III, 476, no. 513
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61339
4 4     NY: 1944.100.61340
5 5     O: HCR34391
6 6     V: GR 24813
7 7     A: D 1984 / 3051 / 9201