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IV.4, 3207
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/3207
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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 Α
Υ
ΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤ
ω
ΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Ε
Β
Obverse design
laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription
L ΙΒ
Reverse design
Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
34 mm
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.
Specimens of this coin type
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Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Weight
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Note
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1
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NY: 1944.100.61311
34
26.81
12
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