RPC IV.4, 1683

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1683
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἀδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrianus 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 draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.14 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2943, Geissen 1734, M 2219 corr.
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 7, 9, 11–15: same obv. die as 1696/1–2, 1716/1, 3, 5–7, 1721/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2324 SNG 2638
2 2     ✸ B: 28884
3 3     B: (v. Gansauge 1873)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60817
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60819
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3732
7 7     O: HCR33556
8 8     O: HCR33555 M 2219 corr.
9 9     A: D 1858 / 2883 / 12302
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1734
11 11     Aiello
12 12     CNG EA 397, 17 May 2017, lot 362
13 13     CNG EA 404, 23 Aug. 2017, lot 407
14 14     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 287
15 15     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2179