RPC IV.4, 2179

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2179
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus Aelius Adrianus 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 monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four columns, architrave garlanded, barriers between outer pairs of columns, enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar, (small figure to right); above, pyre (between two serpents); acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.07 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3003, pl. XXVII (rev.)
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.228 BMC 1204, pl. XXIX (rev.)
2 2     P: 2070 SNG 2725
3 3     B: (I-B)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60946
5 5     NY: 1948.79.19
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60944
7 7     O: HCR33632 M 2414
8 8     V: GR 24719
9 9     A: D 1940(?) / 2989 / 12260
10 10     ✸ Aiello
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 292
12 12     Gilles Blançon 31 (1999–2000), 1349