RPC IV.4, 1826

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1826
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius), laureate, wearing a toga, seated on platform, left, extending hand, holding sceptre; to left, male figure wearing tunic, cloak, and trousers, standing, right, holding sceptre, offering crown; to right, male figure wearing tunic, cloak, and trousers, standing, left, raising hand, holding sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.69 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8052–3, Geissen 1770
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.483 BMC 1007
2 2     P: 2148 SNG 2669
3 3     B: 96/1892
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1770
5 5     ✸ DS 8053 = CNA 5 (9. 12. 1988), 188 (Figari - Mosconi 474)