RPC IV.4, 2166

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2166
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription Α Τ Κ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τίτος Καῖσαρ Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Τ(ίτος) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Titus Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Edition ἔτους κγʹ (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon), crowned with skhent, on back of horse, galloping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.61 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3081, DS 8938
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6: same obv. die as 2156/1, 2180/1–2.
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     A: D 1942 / 2992 / 12257
3 3     D 3081 = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 220
4 4     DS 8938
5 5     DS 8938 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 322
6 6     ✸ Matthijs = Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, part of lot 527 ex Léon Lacroix coll.