RPC IV.4, 1981

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1981
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ (Κ) ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ](Ϲ) (?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Isis Sothis, holding cornucopia and sceptre, riding, right, on dog running, right, head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.01 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2683, DS 8582, DS Suppl pl 16, 76
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1991/1. 2–3: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 24763
2 2     D 2683 = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 216
3 3     ✸ DS Suppl pl 16, 76 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 319
4 4     Matthijs