RPC IV.4, 2180

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2180
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription Α Τ Κ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four columns, architrave garlanded, barriers between outer pairs of columns, enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre (between two serpents); acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2156/1, 2166/1–3, 6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1945 bis / 1896/7, I 418/757
2 2     A: 6734