RPC IV.4, 1700

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1700
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L [ΙΗ (?)
Reverse design Lycurgus right, knee on vine-stump, arms pulled behind by vines (?), head raised; between legs, axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8842, M 2297a
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1548/1, 1708/1, 1737/1, 4, 8, 10. 1–6: same rev. die as 1702/1.
Note The numerals of the date are not visible on coins from the reverse die used for this type (also used for https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/72052). The obverse die was mostly used in year 18, although it was also used for one type (known from one specimen) in year 17. The Η of the date can be read on specimens from the other roughly contemporary reverse die with Lycurgus (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23967; https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23968). So year 18 is plausible but year 17 cannot be ruled out. See also the note on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/72052.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33570 M 2297a corr.
2 2     A: D 1672(?) / 2627 /12373
3 3     A: D 1835B / 1897/8, IH 937/1480
4 4     ✸ Turin Fabretti 7160
5 5     DS 8842 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 425
6 6     Triton 2 (1.12.1998), 658