RPC IV.4, 3197

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3197
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
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition ἔτους ιβʹ (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design kalathos on garlanded throne inclined to left; arms of throne supported by birds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.55 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3562, pl. XXVIII (rev.), Geissen 2078
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5: same pair of dies. 1, 3, 5: same obv. die as 3202/1, 3209/1. 4: same obv. die as 3177/1, 3178/1–4, 3211/1. 1, 3–5: same rev. die as 3196/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 470/1925
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ V: GR 24851
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2078
5 5     Dattari