RPC IV.4, 2197

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2197
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ(ΙΑ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ[ΕΒ] ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Reverse design to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding ears of corn(?), raising wreath; to right, Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2778 corr. (not = DS 2778), D 2779 (not = DS 2779), DS 2780
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note D 2780 (not = DS 2780) describes Euthenia as holding a sistrum and presenting two ears of corn.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.492 BMC 1160, pl. XXI (rev.)
2 2     P: 2397 SNG 2729
3 3     ✸ NY: 1973.56.851
4 4     A: D 1952 / 3003 / 12250
5 5     A: D 1902B / 1896/7, I 403/729
6 6     A: D 1709A / 195/608
7 7     Frankfurt Förschner 678
8 8     DS 2780 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 280
9 9     Spink 6026, 30 Nov. 2006, lot 155 = Matthijs