RPC IV.4, 1887

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1887
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 Α]ΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 25.82 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2758, DS 8657
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24757
2 2     A: D 1889A / 2924 / 12263
3 3     ✸ Dattari = D 2758 = Naville Numismatics 75, 31 July 2022, lot 350