RPC IV.4, 2180

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2180
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 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
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; above, pyre (between two serpents); acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.27 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2156/1, 2166/1–3, 6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1945 bis / 1896/7, I 418/757
2 2     A: 6734