RPC IV.4, 2219

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2219
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ[Ο?] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L Κ[Δ(?)
Edition ἔτους κδʹ (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference DS 8935
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2218/1, 2221/1.
Note The reading of the Δ of the date is uncertain from the rubbing in DS (it could equally be a Β) but the obverse die-link to year 24 makes Δ more likely.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 8935