RPC IV.4, 1597

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1597
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 rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.49 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3207, Geissen 1932, M 2247
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61234
2 2     O: HCR33667 M 2247
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1932
4 4     Milan SNG 1346
5 5     D 3207 = Kölner Münzkabinett 67 (1997), 633 (Figari - Mosconi 826)
6 6     van der Dussen 22 (17–18. 11. 1994), 1369
7 7     F. Volpato coll.