RPC IV.4, 2105

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2105
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 ΑΔΡΙΑ [ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ]ΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
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 (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.20 g
Reference DS Suppl pl 18, 111
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The photographic image seems to read L ΚΑ. Dattari read L ΚΒ, as is clear from the letter drawn in over the rubbing in DS. If the last numeral is a Β it is at a strange angle. It is possible that it was changed from an Α on the die. The obverse legend and bust termination are most appropriate for year 22, but this style of obverse legend had just started to be used in year 21: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24242, as had this style of bust termination: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/124486.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS Suppl pl 18, 111 = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 288