RPC IV.4, 3197

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3197
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 head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design kalathos on garlanded throne inclined to left; arms of throne supported by birds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.55 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3562, pl. XXVIII (rev.), Geissen 2078
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5: same pair of dies. 1, 3, 5: same obv. die as 3202/1, 3209/1. 4: same obv. die as 3177/1, 3178/1–4, 3211/1. 1, 3–5: same rev. die as 3196/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 470/1925
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ V: GR 24851
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2078
5 5     Dattari