RPC IV.4, 3185

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3185
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 Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [L ΙΒ]
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding corn-ears and holding up wreath; to right, Nilus, holding cornucopia and reed, seated, left, on rocks, up which crocodile climbs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Reference DS 9287
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3180/1, 3193/1, 3204/2.
Note The date is inferred from the fact that reverse type is known for this year and is secured by the obverse die-link.
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