RPC IV.4, 2199

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2199
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Edition (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design Heracles and Pholus: to left, forepart of centaur leaning on staff(?); to right, Heracles seated on lion skin on rocks, right, head, left, reaching out to centaur, holding lyre; left field framed by vine(?); to right, crater on stand (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 18.29 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1854
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 2196/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 1854
2 2     ✸ CNG 120, 11 May 2022, lot 685