RPC IV.4, 2168

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2168
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(ΑΝ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ[ΟϹ ϹΕΒ Ε][Υ
Edition Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδριαν(ὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Edition (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon), crowned with skhent, erect, on back of horse, saddled and bridled, walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.81 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 8939
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61056
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61051
3 3     DS 8939 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 281
4 4     Matthijs = Rauch E-20, 27 June 2016, lot 177