RPC IV.4, 1520

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1520
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ Τ ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design Emperor (Antoninus Pius), standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same pair of dies. 2–4: same obv. die as 1518/1–2, 1522/1–2, 4–6, 1572/1–2. 1–4: same rev. die.
Note Obverse legend retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60742
2 2     A: D 1841A / 2862 / 12045
3 3     CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 596 = CNG 41 (19. 3. 1997), 1186 = Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 199 = Matthijs
4 4     ✸ Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 216