RPC IV.4, 1172

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1172
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding long sceptre; at his feet, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2404–5 corr., DS 8273, DS Suppl pl 14, 19, M 2029
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)
Note On some front-facing busts the cuirass is uncertain, amounting only to a slight infill of the shoulder.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58812
3 3     NY: 1944.100.58791
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58792
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58813
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3582
7 7     O: HCR26661 M 2029
8 8     O: HCR26662 M 2030
9 9     A: D 1759 / 2750 /11088
10 10     ✸ Aiello = DS 8273
11 11     M&M GmbH 42, 3 June 2015, lot 248 = D 2405 (Figari - Mosconi 561)