RPC IV.4, 1401

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1401
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating AD 152/3
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Dikaiosyne seated, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2206, DS 12265 (on pl 110), Geissen 1679, M 2166
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms. On some the bust-type could equally be described as "laureate-headed bust with traces of drapery, r.". Such bust-types are present on the tetradrachms in following years but are most developed on bronzes of year 17, where they are described as busts.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     C
3 3     NY: 1944.100.58857
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58858
5 5     O: HCR26705 M 2166
6 6     O: HCR26706 M 2167
7 7     O: HCR26707 M 2168
8 8     O: HCR26708 M 2169
9 9     A: D 1812 / 2822 / 12340
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1679
11 11     Frankfurt Förschner 654
12 12     Aiello
13 13     ✸ D 2206 = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 383
14 14     DS 12265 (on pl 110) = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 358
15 15     R. Effler coll.