RPC IV.4, 3220

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3220
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 Α[ΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ 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 front
Reverse inscription [L ΙΒ]
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Tyche seated, left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.24 g
Axis 12
Reference DS Suppl pl 23, 35
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 3191/1, 3223/1.
Note The short arc above the paludamentum at the front (clear on DS pl. 23, 35) is presumably intended to indicate a cuirass. The obverse die-link to coins of year 12 (or plausibly of year 12) and the use of this reverse type in that year (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25416; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/25397) makes the dating highly plausible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Doubles 1299
2 2     ✸ DS Suppl pl. 23, 35 = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 323