RPC IV.4, 2080


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	IV.4
Number	2080
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)	Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue	Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating	AD 158/9
Obverse inscription	Τ Κ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition	Τ(ίτος) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἀδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation	Titus Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design	laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery(?), left
Reverse inscription	L ΚΒ
Edition	(ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation	of year 22
Reverse design	Ares advancing, right, holding trophy and spear
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Average weight	20.22 g
Axis	12
Reference	Geissen 1869
Specimens	6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 5–6: same obv. die as 1970/2, 1973/1–3, 2090/6.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1944.100.60906		31	19.07	12		Show
2	2	A: D 1930 bis / 1896/7, I 412/746		33	22.86	12		Show
3	3	Cologne	Geissen 1869	34	18.82	12		Show
4	4	Winterthur: G 5790	GrMW III, 1717	32.7	14.88	12		Show
5	5		CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 242	33	25.66			Show
6	6		Dattari = D 2465 corr.?	30.2	20.05		Dattari read the date as L ΚΓ but this reverse type was characeristic of year 22 and the traces of the numerals are not sufficiently clear to warrant creating a new type for year 23. The obverse die was otherwise used in years 21 and 22.	Show