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
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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