RPC IV.4, 1564

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1564
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ [ΑΔΡ] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and taenia, right; below, eagle standing, right, head, left, spreading wings; (two stars either side)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.78 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2821, 2824, DS 8682, Geissen 1718, M 2227
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2308 SNG 2618
2 2     P: 2309 SNG 2619
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60729
5 5     O: HCR33519 M 2227
6 6     A: 1887-2848 / 12058
7 7     Bern: 80.643 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 177 no. 19 = D 2824 = Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 31 (1980), 136 (Figari - Mosconi 698)
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1718
9 9     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 239
10 10     ✸ D 2821 = MünzZentrum 65 (9. 11. 1988), 525 (Figari - Mosconi 697)
11 11     DS 8682 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 298