RPC IV.4, 3217

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3217
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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription L [ΙΒ(?)
Reverse design temple with four columns on steps, facing bust of Sarapis in pediment; between central columns, window with drapery below framing facing bust of Sarapis, below which, door between two standing statues (Isis and Harpocrates?); in outer intercolumniations, smaller doors
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3803, pl. XXX (rev.), DS Suppl pl 23, 38
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 3189/1–4, 3203/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 3215/1–2, 3216/1.
Note The date is not visible on specimens from this reverse die but there are multiple obverse die-links from it to coins of year 12 and one link to a coin of year 13. The reverse die is distinct from those of year 16, as there is no small triangular pediment over the window. But see the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69461.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1937.158.540
2 2     Dattari = D 3803, pl. XXX (rev.)
3 3     DS Suppl pl 23, 38 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 284 = Matthijs