RPC IV.4, 2115

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2115
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Reverse design hawk standing, right, crowned with skhent; at feet, Egyptian crook
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 12
Reference M 2399a
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 1920/1–3, 1921/1, 1922/2, 2017/1, 3–4, 2185/1, 2227/1. 1, 3: same rev. die as 2186/1–3.
Note The obverse die was carried over from years 20 and 21, and was subsequently used in year 23. The date on the reverse looks recut on the die, possibly from  L ΚΑ. It was subsequently recut to L ΚΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1888,0403.61 BMC 1247 = BMC Suppl pl. 3
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61237
3 3     ✸ O: HCR34396 M 2399a