RPC IV.4, 966

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 966
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre or rear
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head, left, holding owl, resting arm on shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2175 corr., DS Suppl pl 14, 3, Geissen 1529
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. The representation here is similar to that of Neith/Athena of the Saite nome, cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23075.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.238 BMC 942, pl. IV (rev.)
2 2     Cop: 467
3 3     NY: 1944.100.58728
4 4     NY: 1944.100.58729
5 5     A: 2675a / 222
6 6     A: D 1703 / 2675 / 11106
7 7     A: D 1741 / 2732 / 12402
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1529
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 624
10 10     D 2175 corr. = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 317
11 11     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 311 = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 297