RPC IV.4, 1671

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1671
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 Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι<ο>ς 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 ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3169–70, DS 9024–5
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1665/4.
Note The cuirass is uncertain, amounting only to a slight infill of the shoulder.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.271 BMC 1231
2 2     A: D 1992 / 3060 / 9191
3 3     CNG EA 370, 9 Mar. 2016, lot 304
4 4     DS 9025 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 239
5 5     ✸ Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 274
6 6     DS 9024 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 124, 2025, lot 212