RPC IV.4, 2155

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2155
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τί(τος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Aelius Adrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription (ΕΥΘΗΝΙΑ) L ΚΓ
Edition Εὐθηνία (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation Prosperity, of year 23
Reverse design Euthenia standing, facing, head, left, holding two ears of corn (or uncertain bundle); to left at her feet, kalathos (filled with fruits pouring from peplos); (to right, bundle of three corn-stalks)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.03 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2552, pl. XIII (rev.), 2554, DS 8437a–41, Geissen 1877?, M 2409 corr.
Specimens 24 (9 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60933
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3743
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60934
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60932
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60936
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60935
7 7     O: HCR33626 M 2409
8 8     O: HCR33627 M 2410
9 9     V: GR 24800
10 10     A: D 1944A / 219 / 754
11 11     A: D 1897A / 2937 / 12190
12 12     A: D 1891 / 2926 / 12265
13 13     Cologne Geissen 1877?
14 14     Aiello
15 15     Aiello
16 16     Aiello
17 17     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 336 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
18 18     ✸ D 2552, pl. XIII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 435
19 19     Dattari = D 2554
20 20     DS 8437a = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 273
21 21     DS 8440 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 320
22 22     DS 8441 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 313
23 23     Matthijs
24 24     Matthijs