RPC IV.4, 2017

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2017
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙ[(Ο)Ϲ ΚΑ]ΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Reverse design hawk standing, r., crowned with skhent
Metal Æ
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 1920/1–3, 1921/1, 1922/2, 2115/1, 3, 2185/1, 2227/1. 1–4: same rev. die as 1920/1–3.
Note Reverse die recut to add an Α.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2541 SNG 2795
2 2     Berk 91 (25.6.1996), 759
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 514, 20 Apr. 2022, lot 344
4 4     F. Jarman Coll.