RPC IV.4, 1234

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1234
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Reverse design Alexandria, wearing cap in form of elephant's head, standing, facing, head, left, holding ears of corn and standard
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2133 (not S), DS 8072–3, Geissen 3477, M 2076
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms (?).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,0730.208 BMC 999
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3590
4 4     O: HCR26682 M 2076
5 5     A: D 1780 / 2777 / 12298
6 6     ✸ Cologne Geissen 3477 = DS 8073 (Figari - Mosconi 483)
7 7     CNG EA 346, 11 Mar. 2015, lot 351
8 8     Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 176
9 9     Gilles Blançon list 71 (2012), 351