RPC IV.4, 2102

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2102
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ(ΙΑ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(ϹΒ)
Edition Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
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 draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with lotus-buds, reed at shoulder; before, cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.19 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2723 (not DS 2723), 2725, DS 8606–8, Geissen 1833, M 2395
Specimens 29 (12 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms (?).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.250 BMC 1142
2 2     L: 1939,0704.2 BMC Suppl 3012
3 3     L: G.1090 BMC Suppl 3013
4 4     Cop: 520
5 5     Mu: 346
6 6     NY: 1973.56.848
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60922
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60921
9 9     NY: 1944.100.60923
10 10     O: HCR33617 M 2394 corr.
11 11     O: HCR33618 M 2395
12 12     O: HCR33619 M 2396
13 13     A: D 1925 / 2971 / 12245
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1833
15 15     Cologne Geissen 1834
16 16     Cologne Geissen 1835
17 17     ✸ Aiello
18 18     Aiello
19 19     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 335 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
20 20     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 412
21 21     Dattari = D 2725
22 22     DS 8606 = Naville Numismatics 74, 19 June 2022, lot 308
23 23     DS 8608 = Kölner Münzkabinett 56 (1992), 488 (Figari - Mosconi 664)
24 24     Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 526 = Elsen 105, 12 June 2010, lot 344 = Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 604 = Elsen 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 957
25 25     Elsen 98 (13. 12. 2008), 604
26 26     iNumis MBS 12, 22 Oct. 2010, lot 325 = Elsen 92, 9 June 2007, lot 487
27 27     Matthijs
28 28     Matthijs
29 29     Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 644