RPC IV.4, 2053

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2053
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙ[ΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ] ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right (?)
Reverse inscription L Β [Κ
Reverse design Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.15 g
Reference D 2388
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari read LΒΚ. The Β is clear; the Κ isn't. The obverse style is not very convincing for year 22, but impossible for years 2 and 12. The careless way the dies have been impressed is unusual and the coin may not be quite what it seems.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 2388 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 294