RPC IV.4, 1999

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1999
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) (ΑΙ) (ΑΔ)Ρ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) 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 21
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.39 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2462, DS Suppl pl 14, 28, 29, Geissen 1802, M 2354
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 9–10, 15: same obv. die as 1977/15, 1983/11–12, 1993/4–5.
Note The figure is conventionally described as Ares but a similar figure is identified as Roma by inscriptions on some issues of AD 161. Ares (or Mars) is not normally shown as seated on Roman Provincial or Imperial coins. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24522, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24515, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24546.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2351 SNG 2685
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60864
4 4     O: HCR33592
5 5     O: HCR33591 M 2354
6 6     V: GR 24766
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1802
8 8     ✸ Aiello
9 9     Aiello
10 10     CNG EA 287, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 380
11 11     Dattari = D 2462
12 12     DS 8324 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 279
13 13     DS Suppl pl 14, 28 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 348
14 14     DS Suppl pl 14, 29 = Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 287
15 15     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 301 = Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 492