RPC IV.4, 635

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 635
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 ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ]Λ ΑΔΡ ΑΝ[ΤωΝΙΝΟϹ [
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Μ(?) [ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡ L Ϛ (?)
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference DS pl. 106 twice, once unnumbered, once wrongly numbered 2119
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The Ϛ of the date seems clear on the second rubbing in DS. A bare head for Pius is not otherwise recorded for year 6 but is not totally surprising, as known for drachms for years 1 to 5, and 7 to 8, and some later years. Reverse portraits of Marcus otherwise occur for years 4 to 8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS pl. 106 twice, once unnumbered, once wrongly numbered 2119