RPC IV.4, 1868

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1868
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ (Τ) ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
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 33 mm
Average weight 21.81 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2438, DS 8292
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms. Casts exist, see SNG France 4, 2905.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2354 SNG 2672
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60844
3 3     A: D 1894 / 2930 / 12201
4 4     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 235
5 5     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 236 = CNG 55 (13. 9. 2000), 986
6 6     D 2438 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 311
7 7     Niggeler 754 (ex Hall 350)
8 8     Peus 355 (27–29. 4.1998), 1188
9 9     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 753