RPC IV.4, 736

Province Egypt
City Alexandria 
Region Egypt
Reign Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design to left, Apollo seated on rocks, right, playing lyre; to right, Marsyas hanging from tree; between, at feet, figure kneeling, left (or right), sharpening knife (?); at base of tree, tripod(?)

Coin no. 4 of RPC IV.4, 736

 

Reference NFA 32 (10. 6. 1993), 316
Diameter 34
Weight 24.93
Axis 12
Note Forgery? The fabric is suspicious, as the edge is not bevelled. The reverse is very close to that of P 2404 (SNG 2326) but with differences, for example in the treatment of Apollo's leg. The missing feet of Marsyas oddly recall the broken statue of Marsyas in Istanbul with missing lower legs. The obverse 'die' is shared with other apparently genuine struck coins. Possibly cast from genuine coins and then tooled.
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