RPC IV.4, 1579

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1579
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 ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Obverse design laureate head 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 D 2828, Geissen 1720
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 4864.444 (Rothschild 444) SNG 2625
2 2     P: 2101 SNG 2626
3 3     P: 2320 SNG 2627
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60734
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60735
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60736
7 7     NY: 1974.26.3721
8 8     O: HCR33532 M 2240 corr.
9 9     O: HCR33533 M 2241 corr.
10 10     O: HCR33537 M 2245 corr.
11 11     A: D 1834 / 2851 / 12056
12 12     Cologne Geissen 1720
13 13     Aiello
14 14     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 226 = Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), coll. Ruzicka, 458
15 15     Matthijs
16 16     ✸ Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 285 from the Dattari collection
17 17     Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 272