RPC IV.4, 872

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 872
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΔΗϹΙΟϹ L Η
Reverse design nome (Mendesios): bearded Ba-neb-djedet/Mendes standing, facing, head, right, wearing atef crown, with sun disk between two uraei on ram's horns, holding long sceptre and goat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 6308, DS 11023–4, n. d.,WG p. 342, 2.18, IV
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 31
2 2     P: 3995 SNG 3070
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61438
4 4     V: GR 26116
5 5     A: D 3552B / 312 / 1507
6 6     D 6308 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 330
7 7     Dattari = DS pl 304, n. d.
8 8     ✸ DS 11023 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 273 = Matthijs
9 9     M. Dürr and R. Michel (Geneva) (16.11.1998), 766 (WG p. 342, n. 51)