RPC IV.4, 1664

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1664
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Dikaiosyne seated, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3154 (not DS 3154), DS 9010–11, M 2262
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note On some the shoulder of the portrait is partly filled in. It is hard to tell whether this amounts to a cuirass.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR26833 M 2262
2 2     ✸ A: D 1994 / 3062 / 9190
3 3     DS 9010
4 4     DS 9011 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 430
5 5     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 843