RPC IV.4, 2041

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2041
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ(Ϲ) ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Edition (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and parazonium; (by cuirass, shield)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2148 corr., Geissen 1810, M 2374
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms. 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1896,1102.12 BMC Suppl 2941
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58971
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58972
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3620
7 7     NY: 1944.100.58973
8 8     O: HCR26793 M 2374
9 9     A: D 1922 / 2967 / 12246
10 10     A: D 1882 / 2913 / 12275
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1810
12 12     Aiello
13 13     Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 648