RPC IV.4, 3178

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3178
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΒ = 12
Dating AD 171/2
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition ἔτους ιβʹ (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding corn-ears, resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.99 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 22, 5, Geissen 2077
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 3177/1, 3197/4, 3211/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3792
2 2     A: D 2067A / 242/839
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2077
4 4     Dattari = DS Suppl pl 22, 5