RPC IV.4, 2179

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2179
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four columns, architrave garlanded, barriers between outer pairs of columns, enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar, (small figure to right); above, pyre (between two serpents); acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3003, pl. XXVII (rev.)
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.228 BMC 1204, pl. XXIX (rev.)
2 2     P: 2070 SNG 2725
3 3     B: (I-B)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60946
5 5     NY: 1948.79.19
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60944
7 7     O: HCR33632 M 2414
8 8     V: GR 24719
9 9     A: D 1940(?) / 2989 / 12260
10 10     ✸ Aiello
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 292
12 12     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1349