RPC IV.4, 1290

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1290
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΔ = 14
Dating AD 150/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Reverse design Triptolemus, wearing elephant's-head cap, holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2908, Geissen 1662, M 2103
Specimens 23 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.5600 (Doubles 1182) SNG 2535
2 2     P: 2269 (Cousinéry) SNG 2538
3 3     P: 1967/1705 (Maspero) SNG 2539
4 4     P: 2268 SNG 2540
5 5     G SNG 4219 = MacDonald III, 472, no. 485
6 6     NY: 1934.21.72
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60641
8 8     O: HCR33476 M 2103
9 9     V: GR 24708
10 10     Aarhus HE Mathiesen (ed.), SNG Denmark. Aarhus University (1986), 990?
11 11     Bern: (Righetti 2750)
12 12     Cologne Geissen 1662
13 13     Milan SNG 1250 corr.
14 14     Aiello
15 15     Aiello
16 16     CNG EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 359
17 17     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 878
18 18     Elsen 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 955 = Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8175
19 19     Künker 67, 9 Oct. 2001, lot 772
20 20     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 739
21 21     ✸ Niggeler 750 (ex Hall 350) = CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 979 = Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 625
22 22     Peus e-1, 20 June 2015, lot 169
23 23     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 852