RPC IV.4, 395

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 395
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design to left, Nilus, holding reed and cornucopia, seated, right, on rocks, (up which crocodile climbs); to right, Alexandria, wearing cap in form of elephant's head, standing, left, holding ears of corn (and sistrum)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2776, 2777?, Geissen 1404
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1158
2 2     P: 2033 (double struck) SNG 2251
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 96/1892
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60229
6 6     NY: 1944.100.60228
7 7     A: D 1625 / 2546 / 12369
8 8     Bern: 80.519 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 175 no. 11
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1404
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1405
11 11     Aiello
12 12     D 2776 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 343
13 13     Matthijs