RPC IV.4, 1632

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1632
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard?), right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design sphinx reclining, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.80 g
Axis 12
Reference M 2256
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1629/1–2, 1630/1–4, 1747/1, 1748/1–3, 1808/1, 4–5, 7–8, 10–11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR34392 M 2256
2 2     CNG 39 (18. 9. 1996), 1068
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 105, 19 Jan. 2023, lot 623