RPC IV.4, 74

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 74
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβή(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Isis Pharia standing, right, holding sail and sistrum; before, Pharos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.98 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2671, DS 8561, DS Suppl pl 16, 72, Geissen 3470, M 1608
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.425 BMC 1118
2 2     P: 1957 SNG 2136
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60104
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60105
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60103
7 7     O: HCR33257 M 1608
8 8     A: D 1554B / 158/487
9 9     A: D 1554A / 2441
10 10     Cologne Geissen 3470 = DS 2671 (Figari - Mosconi 643)
11 11     Matthijs
12 12     Roma Numismatics sale 14, 21 Sep. 2017, 421 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 283 = VCoins Shanna Schmidt Numismatics, Apr. 2024, SKU: re1063.
13 13     Staffieri = DS 8561 (Figari - Mosconi 645)
14 14     Leu WA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2278 (ex. coll. Rhakotis)
15 15     Leu WA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2279
16 16     Ibrahim Sherif coll.