RPC IV.4, 1493

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1493
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
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 cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, right, holding spear and Nike; against spear, shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.13 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3147
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61093
2 2     D 3147 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 226