RPC IV.4, 1787

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1787
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ Τ) ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ(Ι) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
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; before, cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2722, DS 2723 (not D 2723), DS Suppl pl 17, 81, Geissen 1759
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 12: same obv. die as 1785/14.
Note Some Ʊ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2399 SNG 2740
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60831
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3735
4 4     V: GR 24750
5 5     A: D 1877A / 1896/7, I 383/701
6 6     A: D 1877 / 2909 / 12280
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1759
8 8     D 2722 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 347
9 9     D 2723 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 270
10 10     Dattari = DS Suppl pl 17, 81
11 11     Naville Numismatics 56, 22 Mar. 2020, lot 314
12 12     ✸ Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 352