RPC IV.4, 3210

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3210
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
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design to left, Sarapis as fountain-god standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia over lebes on stand; to right, Isis, wearing basileion, holding wreath over his head, and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3530 corr., pl. XXIII (rev.), DS 9308
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3200/1.
Note Dattari read the date on D 3530 as L Ζ, but that is clearly wrong (there is a flan crack over the date). The way the obverse runs over the head is not found as early as year 7. P: 2444 is from a different reverse die but has a clear Β between the figures (and its obverse shares a die with a coin of year 12).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2444
2 2     P: 2689
3 3     ✸ D 3530 corr., pl. XXIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 280