RPC IV.4, 1598

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1598
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 monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.19 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3214, pl. III (obv.), DS 9061, Geissen 1930
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.258 BMC 1255, pl. XXIX (rev.)
2 2     L: 1838,0210.192.X BMC 1256
3 3     P: 2534 SNG 2784
4 4     P: 2535 SNG 2785
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61236
6 6     V: GR 24802
7 7     A: D 1989 / 3057 / 9188
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1930
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1931
10 10     D 3214, pl. III (obv.) = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 241
11 11     DS 9061 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 264
12 12     M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 611
13 13     Matthijs
14 14     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 927