RPC IV.4, 1668

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1668
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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Helios, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR26832 M 2259
2 2     ✸ D 3158 = Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 328