RPC IV.4, 1197

 

Image of specimen #39

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1197
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ (ΑΙ) ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἀδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius (Aelius) Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΤΡΙϹΚΑ(ΙΔ)
Edition (ἔτους) τρισκαιδ(εκάτου)
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile (or sphinx) beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed; above, ΙϚ; (below, water plants)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.84 g
Axis 1, 2, 10, 11, 12
Reference D 2752–3 corr., 2771 (not DS 2711), DS 8633–4, DS Suppl pl 17, 88, 98, Geissen 1642, M 2060–1
Specimens 48 (24 in the core collections)
Note On front-facing busts the traces of a cuirass may be minimal, so that there is little distinction between this bust type and a laureate-headed bust wearing paludamentum, r.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1149
2 2     L: 1860,0602.96 BMC 1150, pl. XIX (rev.)
3 3     L: 1838,0210.178.X BMC Suppl 3014 corr.
4 4     P: 2257 SNG 2512
5 5     P: AA.GR.5544 (Doubles 249) SNG 2513
6 6     P: 1967/1715 (Maspero) SNG 2515
7 7     P: 1968/171 (Seyrig) SNG 2516
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: (Cassel 1925)
10 10     B: (v. Gansauge 1873)
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     C
13 13     Mu: 385
14 14     Mu: 379
15 15     Mu: 384
16 16     NY: 1944.100.60613
17 17     NY: 1973.56.824
18 18     NY: 1944.100.60611
19 19     NY: 1974.26.3707
20 20     NY: 0000.999.25309
21 21     NY: 1944.100.60615
22 22     O: HCR33464 M 2060
23 23     O: HCR33465 M 2061
24 24     V: GR 24700
25 25     A: D 1708C / 2763 / 12129
26 26     A: D 1767 / 2759 / 12137
27 27     A: 6731
28 28     Bern: 2498 RSN 45 (1966), 76 no. 144 (?)
29 29     Boston: 1985.1179
30 30     Cologne Geissen 1642
31 31     Leeds-UL: 488
32 32     Milan SNG 1290
33 33     Milan SNG 1292
34 34     Milan SNG 1293
35 35     Münster: M 1700
36 36     Aiello
37 37     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 176 (part)
38 38     CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 304
39 39     ✸ CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 292
40 40     D 2752 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 294
41 41     Dattari
42 42     DS 8633 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 255
43 43     DS 8634 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 70 (Figari - Mosconi 675)
44 44     Elsen 101, 13 June 2009, lot 298
45 45     Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions 58, 15 May 2018, lot 3120
46 46     Naumann 71, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 391
47 47     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 341
48 48     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 224