RPC IV.4, 3182

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3182
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 ΑΝΤ[ωΝΙΝΟϹ 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, right
Reverse inscription L Ι Β
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 30.68 g
Reference D 3449, DS Suppl pl 22, 9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari read the date on D 3449 as L Ι Η? but only the Ι is clear on the rubbing in DS and there are no other coins of that year. The Ι Β is clear on DS Suppl pl 22, 9. There is also an Elpis type in year 12 with the inscription ΑΓΑΘΗ: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25401. No such inscription is visible on D 3449 or DS Suppl pl 22, 9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D 3449
2 2     ✸ DS Suppl pl 22, 9 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 290