RPC IV.4, 1589

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1589
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 head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design laureate-headed and draped bust of Zeus, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2917 corr. (DS), 2918
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 5: same rev. die as 1611/1.
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Delepierre 45 SNG 2589
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     V: GR 24601
4 4     Calgary: NG. 1993.2.577
5 5     ✸ Aiello
6 6     D 2918 = Private coll. (Figari - Mosconi 727)
7 7     Münzen und Medaillen 1 (16–17.9. 1997), 539
8 8     Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1161