RPC IV.4, 1767

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1767
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design Dikaiosyne seated, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3155, DS 9012, Geissen 1933
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note A cuirass is evident on some from a wavy line at the neck. On others no wavy line is visible but rear-facing busts have been catalogued together.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.504 BMC 1223
2 2     L: 1862,0614.272 BMC 1224
3 3     P: 2538 (Saïd Pacha 586) SNG 2790
4 4     Cop: 529
5 5     O: HCR26835 M 2308 corr.
6 6     A: D 1998 / 3066 / 9196
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1933
8 8     Aiello
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 368
10 10     D 3155 = Ars et Nummus 9–10 (1970), 114 (Figari - Mosconi 814)
11 11     Dattari = DS 9012