RPC IV.4, 32

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 32
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ (Τ) ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβὴς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙωΝ L Β
Edition αἰὼν ἔτους βʹ αἰὼν (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation eternity, of year 2
Reverse design phoenix, crowned with nimbus, standing, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.66 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8290, DS 2431 (?= D 2430 corr.), Geissen 1290, M 1600
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     C: 689-1948
3 3     G SNG 4143 = MacDonald III, 459, no. 404, pl. LXXXVII, 27 (rev.)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58550
5 5     O: HCR26432 M 1600
6 6     O: HCR26433 M 1601
7 7     ✸ A: D 1548 / 2431
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1290
9 9     Aiello
10 10     CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 604
11 11     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 106 (Staffieri) = Joel L. Malter & Company II (The Coinage of Ancient Egypt, 23 Feb. 1978), lot 341.
12 12     Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 330