RPC IV.4, 518

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 518
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Orpheus seated on rocks, right, holding lyre, surrounded by animals
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Cast forgery? The reverse die is close to, but not the same, as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/22857.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1778 = Finarte, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 940 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 165 (Staffieri)