RPC IV.4, 1701

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1701
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 ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ι]Η
Reverse design Lycurgus right, knee on vine-stump, arms pulled behind by vines (?), head raised; between legs, axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 1699/1.
Note The Η of the date is clear to the lower right on the Oxford specimen.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR33571 JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 10 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 89 (pl. 20m (rev.))
2 2     A: D 1835A / 1897/8, IH 936/1479