RPC IV.4, 216

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 216
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Reverse design bust of Ares (or Alexander?), right, wearing cuirass and helmet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Jerome Mairat has suggested that this might be a helmeted head of Alexander, as on obverses of coins of the Koinon of Macedonia (e.g. RPC VI, temp. no. 384).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1852,0220.51 BMC 1036 = BMC Suppl pl. 3
2 2     ✸ A: D 1583C / 1896/7, IA 275/504