RPC IV.4, 2227

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2227
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ 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 ΚΔ]
Edition (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design griffin seated, left, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.46 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1920/1–3, 1921/1, 1922/2, 2017/1, 3–4, 2115/1, 3, 2185/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3856