RPC IV.4, 2165

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2165
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Edition ἔτους κγʹ (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos and aureole(?), facing front
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.48 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8680, Geissen 1851
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 4–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24762 NZ n. f. 17 (1924), 112 no. 51 (year 21 in error)
3 3     A: D 1956 / 3006 / 12248
4 4     Cologne Geissen 1851
5 5     DS 8680 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 339