RPC IV.4, 1294

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1294
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
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 ΙΔ
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding Nike and spear; (beside, shield)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3195, DS 9042 (date illegible, shield), M 2097
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 7: same obv. die as 1295/6, 1296/22, 1297/1, 1299/3–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0602.108 BMC 1236
2 2     G SNG 4250 = MacDonald III, 476, no. 510
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61221
4 4     NY: 0000.999.25322
5 5     O: HCR33661 M 2097
6 6     Frankfurt Förschner 687
7 7     Aiello
8 8     CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 266
9 9     D 3195 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 239
10 10     Matthijs