RPC IV.4, 1808

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1808
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard), right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design dolphin, downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.67 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3223, DS 9070
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 4, 10: same pair of dies. 1, 4–5, 7–8, 10–11: same obv. die as 1629/1–2, 1630/1–4, 1632/1–3, 1747/1, 1748/1–3. 4, 10: same rev. die as 1747/1, 1749/1, 1810/1–2.
Note On one of the reverse dies the Θ of the date appears to have been recut from an Η. It may have begun life as a Ζ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2540 SNG 2793
2 2     Cop: 528
3 3     V: GR 24817
4 4     A: D 1981A / 229/784
5 5     A: 3067
6 6     Frankfurt Förschner 689
7 7     Aiello
8 8     Aiello
9 9     Castrizio 2016, no. 44 (hoard from Necropolis of Antinoopolis)
10 10     ✸ CNG 53 (15. 3. 2000), 1220 = CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 785
11 11     D 3223 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 308