RPC IV.4, 1874

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1874
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 Cybele seated on throne, left, wearing veil, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum; between two lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.10 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2689, pl. XVII (rev.), Geissen 1778, M 2330 corr.?
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1042
2 2     P: 2349 SNG 2675
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60851
5 5     O: HCR33575 M 2330 corr.
6 6     O: HCR33576 M 2331 corr.
7 7     A: D 1895 / 2934 / 12191
8 8     A: D 1956I / 226/768
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1778
10 10     D 2689, pl. XVII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 431 = Matthijs
11 11     DS 8587 = Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 307
12 12     Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 227