RPC IV.4, 1998

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1998
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Poseidon standing with foot on rock, right, holding long trident and dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.44 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2790
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,0404.27 BMC Suppl 2979
2 2     ✸ NY: 1973.56.845
3 3     O: HCR33589 M 2352 corr.
4 4     A: D 1906A / 1896/7, I 407/734
5 5     Frankfurt Förschner 672 corr.?
6 6     D 2790 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 275
7 7     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 427