RPC IV.4, 1765

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1765
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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design draped bust of Zeus, right, wearing laurel-wreath (or taenia)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2396–7, DS 8269, M 2299–2301
Specimens 14 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 10–11, 13: same rev. die.
Note Some Ⲱ forms. The version of "Zeus" with a taenia may be the result of confusion with the bust of Poseidon in the same year; the latter is normally accompanied by a trident.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.481 BMC 927
2 2     C
3 3     Cop: 514
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58925
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58925
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58924
7 7     NY: 1974.26.3619
8 8     O: HCR26755 M 2299
9 9     O: HCR26756 M 2300
10 10     O: HCR26757 M 2301
11 11     A: D 1874 / 2906 / 12282
12 12     Aiello
13 13     Dattari = D 2397
14 14     DS 8269 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 272