RPC IV.4, 1655

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1655
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 ΕΥϹ(Ε
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, 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 22 mm
Average weight 12.10 g
Axis 11
Reference BMC 993, DS 2304 (not D 2304?)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.479 BMC 993, pl. XIX (rev.)
2 2     ✸ Dattari = DS 8207
3 3     DS 2304 (not D 2304?) = Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 306