RPC IV.4, 1983

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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.