RPC IV.4, 1631

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1631
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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius (short beard?), right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, left, crowned with disk and horns, enfolding poppy and stalk of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.55 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1391/1–2, 1392/1, 3, 1393/1, 4–7, 1450/1–2, 4, 1451/1–2, 5, 7. 1: same rev. die as 1392/1.
Note Date altered on die from L ΙƐ. DS 9068 and 9076 (date illegible) might belong to either year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2518 SNG 2788