RPC IV.4, 1495

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1495
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 paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Dikaiosyne seated, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3153, DS 9009, Geissen 1926
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2532 SNG 2783
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61094
3 3     ✸ Cologne Geissen 1926
4 4     D 3153 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 341
5 5     DS 3154 (not D 3154) = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 439
6 6     DS 9009 = Ars et Nummus 1–2 (1973), 257 (Figari - Mosconi 813)
7 7     Ibrahim Sherif coll.