RPC IV.4, 2141

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2141
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ (Ϲ)ΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ
Obverse design radiate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design Nike flying, right, holding palm-branch and wreath, foot on globe
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2280
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 9, 12: same obv. die.
Note On one obverse die the inscription appears to end ΑΔ. This error may be the result of the die-cutter also cutting dies with the other obverse legend used for tetradrachms in this year, which includes ΑΔ (ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ (Ϲ ƐV)).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.253 BMC 969
2 2     L: 1864,1118.489 BMC 970
3 3     B: 28884
4 4     G SNG 4244 = MacDonald III, 465, no. 446 corr.
5 5     NY: 1974.26.3639
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59017
7 7     ✸ A: D 1938 / 2987 / 12235
8 8     Cologne
9 9     Perpignan: EgR 221
10 10     Aiello
11 11     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 198
12 12     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 868 (part of)
13 13     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 312