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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon), crowned with skhent, on back of horse, galloping, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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.