RPC IV.4, 1867

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1867
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ([ ]) (Τ) ΑΙ ΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (ΕΥϹ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ[---] Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) <Ἁ>δρ(ριανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor C[---] Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius), laureate-headed, in military dress, on horseback, right, holding short sceptre, raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.66 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2439, Geissen 1776
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1862/1, 1883/1–2, 1889/2–4. 3–5, 8, 13: same obv. die as 1873/1–3, 1879/1, 1901/2. 7, 10: same obv. die. 11, 14: same obv. die as 1889/1.
Note Some Υ forms. The obverse legends recorded are ΑΤΚ(?)[ ] ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹϹƐΒƐV; ΑVΤΚΑ[ ] ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹϹƐΒƐVϹ; ΑVΤΚ[ ]ΤΑΙΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹϹƐΒ (retrograde); and ΑVΤΚΑΙΔΡΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝ ΟϹϹ[ƐΒƐ]V (?) (retrograde).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.1094 BMC Suppl 3031
2 2     L: 1928,0510.11 BMC Suppl 3032
3 3     P: 1967/1712 (Maspero) SNG 2673
4 4     P: 2416 SNG 2674
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3737
7 7     A: D 1894BB / 1897/8, IH 940/1483
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1776
9 9     Münster: M 1711
10 10     Aiello
11 11     D 2439 = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 285 = Matthijs
12 12     Gilles Blançon list 71 (2012), 372
13 13     Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 271
14 14     ✸ Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 353