RPC IV.4, 615

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 615
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ(Ε
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ L Ϛ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι<ο>ς Καῖσαρ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar, of year 6
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.82 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2112, DS 8043–4, Geissen 1423
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.26.3545
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58649
3 3     A: D 1964AA / 1896/7, IA 425/776
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1423
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1860
6 6     D 2112 = Vecchi Nummorum Auctiones 7 (6. 10. 1997), 1316 (Figari - Mosconi 466)
7 7     ✸ DS 8044 = CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 877 (Figari - Mosconi 467)