RPC IV.4, 1577

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1577
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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8687, M 2242
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Portrait intermediate between head and bust.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33534 M 2242
2 2     ✸ DS 8687 = Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1930 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 371 (Figari - Mosconi 700)
3 3     Hirsch 168 (22–24.11. 1990), 626 = Hirsch 172 (27–29.11. 1991), 677
4 4     I. Vecchi, Nummorum Auctiones 15 (15. 6. 1999), 571