RPC IV.4, 6

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 6
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 138
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ] Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ [ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ (?)
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius wearing aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ Α
Reverse design Nilus riding on hippopotamus, left, holding corn ears and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2773, pl. XX (rev.) = DS 2772
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 80/6, 8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60077
2 2     ✸ D 2773, pl. XX (rev.) = DS 2772 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 394
3 3     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 7, 5 June 2021, lot 185