RPC IV.4, 3167

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3167
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 170/1
Obverse inscription Μ Α[ΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ]Β
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery (or aegis?), right
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ (?)
Edition (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
Reverse design Isis, crowned, seated, right; on knee, Harpocrates
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.59 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note There appear to be traces of ΙΑ to the right but the reading of the date is not absolutely certain. Under Marcus there are Isis seated right with Harpocrates types in years 9, 10, and 11. There appear to be no exact parallels for the obverse.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ ex Emmett