RPC IV.4, 1615

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1615
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition 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 ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design two serpents facing each other (to left, Agathodaemon enfolding caduceus; to right, Uraeus enfolding sistrum)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.76 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference D 3220, DS 12299 (on pl. 170), Geissen 1929
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,0820.52 BMC 1248
2 2     NY: 1974.227.6
3 3     NY: 1973.56.889
4 4     V: GR 24814
5 5     A: 6735
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1929
7 7     Milan SNG 1375 corr.
8 8     Yale: (Peerless)
9 9     ✸ Aiello
10 10     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 258
11 11     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 259
12 12     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 172 (Staffieri) = CNG 39 (18. 9. 1996), 1067
13 13     Dattari = D 3220
14 14     DS 12299 (on pl. 170) = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 280