RPC IV.4, 733

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 733
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ{σ}εβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙΟϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ L Η
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar, of year 8
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.63 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2115, DS 8047, M 1774
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 8, 11: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58687
3 3     NY: 1944.100.58688
4 4     ✸ O: HCR26550 M 1774
5 5     O: HCR26551 M 1775
6 6     Bern: (Righetti 2741)
7 7     Milan SNG 1244
8 8     CNG 43 (24. 9. 1997), 1167
9 9     D 2115 = Ars et Nummus 11 (1970), lot 28 (Figari - Mosconi 471)
10 10     DS 8047 = Ars et Nummus 1–2 (1973), lot 255 (Figari - Mosconi 472)
11 11     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 923