RPC IV.4, 388

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 388
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ L Ε
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ ἔτους εʹ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι<ο>ς Καῖσαρ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar, of year 5
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.00 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8041, Geissen 1372
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 96/1892
2 2     A: D 1963A / 3014 / 11146
3 3     Cologne Geissen 1372
4 4     DS 8041 = Ars et Nummus 3, 1972, lot 198 (Figari - Mosconi 464)