RPC IV.4, 1920

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1920
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ[ΙΟϹ] 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 Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design hawk standing, right, crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.99 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9075
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1921/1, 1922/2, 2017/1, 3–4, 2115/1, 3, 2185/1, 2227/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 2017/1–4.
Note Reverse die subsequently recut for year 21 by adding an Α.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.503 BMC 1246 = BMC Suppl pl.3
2 2     Dattari = DS 9075
3 3     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1118