RPC IV.4, 2039

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2039
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 10, 11, 12
Reference DS 2305 (not D 2305), D 2309, DS 8209, D pl 113, 12271, Geissen 1818, M 2378
Specimens 20 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2373 SNG 2698
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop: 518
4 4     ✸ NY: 1974.26.3634
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58985
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58988
7 7     NY: 1944.100.58989
8 8     O: HCR26797 M 2378
9 9     O: HCR26798 M 2379
10 10     V: GR 24772
11 11     A: D 1917 / 2962 / 12206
12 12     A: 6732
13 13     Bern: 2955 RSN 45 (1966), 77 no. 152 (?)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1818
15 15     CNG EA 414, 14 Feb. 2018, lot 460
16 16     D 2309 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 295
17 17     D pl 113, 12271 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 337
18 18     DS 2305 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 366
19 19     DS 8209 = Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 653 = Bickelmann 27, 483 (Figari - Mosconi 515)
20 20     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 12, 1 Nov. 2014, lot 1041