RPC IV.4, 1740

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1740
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Pharos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3216, pl. XXVIII (rev.), DS 9065?
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die as 1739/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 1942
2 2     ✸ D 3216 = Peus Nachf (Francfort) 31, 1972, lot 145 = M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 209 (Figari - Mosconi 831)
3 3     DS 9065 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 431 = CNG EA 540, 14 Jun. 2023, lot 370
4 4     Naville Numismatics 85, 19 Nov. 2023, lot 333