RPC IV.4, 939

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 939
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 145/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, seated, left, holding cornucopia from which Genius issues holding wreath, and reed; above, ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 9055
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 96/1892
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61337
3 3     A: D 1964D / 1896/7, IA 427/777
4 4     DS 9055 = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 389
5 5     Matthijs