RPC IV.4, 1497

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1497
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 Homonoia standing, facing, head, left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.30 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3160 corr. (DS), Geissen 1927
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61095
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1927
3 3     ✸ D 3160 corr. = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 223