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IV.4, 2115
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2115
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Volume
IV.4
Number
2115
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)
Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue
Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating
AD 158/9
Obverse inscription
Μ Α
Υ
ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition
Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation
Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design
bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription
L ΚΒ
Edition
(ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation
of year 22
Reverse design
hawk standing, right, crowned with skhent; at feet, Egyptian crook
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
19 mm
Average weight
4.49 g
Axis
12
Reference
M 2399a
Specimens
3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links
1, 3: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 1920/1–3, 1921/1, 1922/2, 2017/1, 3–4, 2185/1, 2227/1. 1, 3: same rev. die as 2186/1–3.
Note
The obverse die was carried over from years 20 and 21, and was subsequently used in year 23. The date on the reverse looks recut on the die, possibly from L ΚΑ. It was subsequently recut to L ΚΓ.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: 1888,0403.61
BMC 1247 = BMC Suppl pl. 3
19
4.46
12
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2
2
NY: 1944.100.61237
19
4.79
12
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3
3
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O: HCR34396
M 2399a
19
4.23
12
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