RPC IV.4, 90

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 90
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius wearing aegis, left
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2817, pl. III (obv.), Geissen 1309
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 77/1.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1934 SNG 2140
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60114
3 3     A: D 1551A / 2435
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1309
5 5     Dattari
6 6     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 719