RPC IV.4, 1977

 

Image of specimen #25

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1977
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription Α(Υ)Τ Κ(ΑΙ) (Τ) (ΑΙΛ) (ΑΔΡ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἄδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, right (or left), spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.26 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3102–3, DS 8956–7, DS Suppl pl 20, 172, 173, Geissen 1796, M 2361
Specimens 33 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 15: same obv. die as 1983/11–12, 1993/4–5, 1999/9–10, 15.
Note Some Υ and Ʊ forms. Obverse legend garbled in different ways.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2363 SNG 2690
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     B: no number?
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60885
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60887
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60886
7 7     O: HCR33601
8 8     O: HCR33600 M 2361
9 9     O: HCR33602 M 2362
10 10     V: GR 24771
11 11     A: D 1909 bis / 216/737
12 12     A: D 1909 / 2950 / 12175
13 13     A: D 1909A / 2951 / 12218
14 14     A: D 1896 / 2935 / 12194
15 15     Cologne Geissen 1796
16 16     Cologne Geissen 1797
17 17     Cologne Geissen 1798
18 18     Cologne Geissen 1799
19 19     Milan SNG 1319
20 20     Milan SNG 1320
21 21     Milan SNG 1321
22 22     Aiello
23 23     CNG EA 291, 21 Nov. 2012, lot 302
24 24     CNG EA 291, 21 Nov. 2012, lot 303
25 25     ✸ CNG EA 397, 17 May 2017, lot 364
26 26     D 3102 = Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 303 = Matthijs
27 27     D 3103 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 261
28 28     Dattari
29 29     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 320
30 30     DS 8956 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 348
31 31     DS 8967 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 288
32 32     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 820
33 33     Private coll., Italy = Numismatik Naumann 56, lot 459