RPC IV.4, 2181

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2181
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 Α[Ι ΑΔΡΙ(Α) ΑΝ]ΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Τί(τος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Titus 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 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 32 mm
Average weight 19.88 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3004, 3005 (corr. DS)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2163/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28755
2 2     D 3004 = Naville Numismatics 80, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 446
3 3     D 3005 (corr. DS) = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 353