RPC IV.4, 3206

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3206
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 ϹΕ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition ἔτους ιβʹ (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks, right, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.64 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3490 corr. (DS), Geissen 2080
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 3176/1, 3187/1, 3196/1–2, 3199/1–3.
Note Drapery across base of neck visible on Geissen 2080.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2492
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2080
3 3     Matthijs