RPC IV.4, 1756

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1756
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ(Ϲ) ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ(ΗϹ)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds; at shoulder, reed; before, cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2293 corr., DS 8203-4, M 2316
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 5, 8: same obv. die as 1766/1.
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58916
3 3     NY: 1944.100.58915
4 4     O: HCR26768 M 2316
5 5     A: D 1871 / 2900 / 12462
6 6     ✸ D 2293 corr. = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 213
7 7     Dattari = DS 8204 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 361
8 8     DS 8203
9 9     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 344