RPC IV.4, 76

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 76
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 ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Isis Pharia standing, right, holding sail and sistrum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.49 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference D 2657–8, M 1607
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 83/1, 102/8.
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1956 SNG 2135
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60101
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60102
5 5     NY: 1974.26.3644
6 6     O: HCR33256 M 1607
7 7     V: GR 24531
8 8     A: D 1554 / 2440
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 634 corr.
10 10     CNG EA 287, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 356 = Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 599 = Elsen 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 951
11 11     CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 290
12 12     D 2657 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 337
13 13     Dattari = D 2658
14 14     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 491
15 15     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1789