RPC IV.4, 3207

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3207
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, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.81 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3431
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figure is conventionally described as Ares but it is identified as Roma by inscriptions on some issues of AD 161. Ares (or Mars) is not normally shown as seated on Roman Provincial or Imperial coins. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24495.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61311