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)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
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
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