RPC IV.4, 2163

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2163
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 ΑΔΡΙ(Α)] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ϹΕΒ 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, left
Reverse inscription L Κ[Γ?
Edition ἔτους κγʹ (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, head, right, holding reed and cornucopia, (from which Genius issues holding wreath)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.25 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2738, Geissen 1888
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2181/1.
Note The obverse die-link supports the attribution to year 23.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 1888
2 2     ✸ D 2738 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 279
3 3     Savoca EA 29 Silver, 30 Dec. 2018, lot 286