RPC IV.4, 1653

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1653
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ (or ΕΥϹΒ ϹΕΒ)
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.82 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2300–1
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms. On some the shoulder of the portrait is partly filled in. It is hard to tell whether this amounts to a cuirass.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2333 SNG 2636
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3612
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58901
5 5     A: D 1881 / 2880 / 12304
6 6     D 2301 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 299
7 7     Dattari = D 2300
8 8     ✸ Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 188