RPC IV.4, 2086

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2086
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Αἰ(λὶος) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Αντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Edition (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius?), in military dress, galloping, right, brandishing spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.76 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4–5: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2375 SNG 2712
2 2     A: D 1930 ter /1896/7, I 423/547
3 3     Münster: M 1708
4 4     Matthijs = Künker eLive Auction 43, 7 Dec, 2016, lot 242
5 5     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 739