RPC IV.4, 2229

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2229
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 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 paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Edition ἔτους κδʹ (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design panther standing, right, head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.88 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3225, Geissen 1941
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2228/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.352 BMC Suppl 3052
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1941
3 3     Private coll. Jeroen van Gessel