RPC IV.4, 3206

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3206
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 ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks, right, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.64 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3490 corr. (DS), Geissen 2080
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 3176/1, 3187/1, 3196/1–2, 3199/1–3.
Note Drapery across base of neck visible on Geissen 2080.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2492
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2080
3 3     Matthijs