RPC IV.4, 29

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 29
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
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription ΑΙωΝ L Β
Reverse design phoenix, crowned with nimbus, standing, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 2430 (?= D 2429 corr.), Geissen 1291 corr., M 1603
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.58553
2 2     NY: 1944.100.58554
3 3     O: HCR26435 M 1603
4 4     O: HCR26436 M 1604
5 5     V: GR 24545
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1291 corr.
7 7     Cologne Geissen 1292
8 8     CNA 18 (3. 12. 1991), 398
9 9     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8165
10 10     Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 153
11 11     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 18, 27 June 2015, lot 641
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 485