RPC IV.4, 1983

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1983
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(Α) (Τ) (ΑΙΛ) (ΑΔ)Ρ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (ΕΥϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition ἔτους καʹ (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Isis Sothis, holding cornucopia and sceptre, riding, right, on dog, (wearing radiate crown(?)), running, right, head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.60 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2680, DS 2681 (not D 2681), Geissen 1804, M 2358
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 11–12: same obv. die as 1977/15, 1993/4–5, 1999/9–10, 15.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.252 BMC 1121, pl. XVI (rev.)
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60869
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60868
5 5     NY: 1974.26.3739
6 6     O: HCR33596 M 2358
7 7     A: D 1906 / 2947 / 12219
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1804
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1884
10 10     Milan SNG 1322
11 11     D 2682 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 302
12 12     Dattari = D 2681
13 13     DS 8579 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 321
14 14     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 518
15 15     Matthijs
16 16     Matthijs
17 17     Private coll.