RPC IV.4, 80

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 80
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 ΕΤΟΥϹ Β
Reverse design Nilus riding on hippopotamus, left, holding corn ears and cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2774 (= DS 2773), 2774 bis (= DS 2774), Geissen 1307, M 1611a
Specimens 20 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 6, 8: same rev. die as 6/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1877,1001.6 BMC 1157 corr.
2 2     B: 481/1880
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Mu: 343
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60111
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60110
7 7     O: HCR33261 M 1611a Welldon sale = JEA 31 (1945), 89, pl. XIII, 10
8 8     A: D 1584 ter / 1896/7, I 277/508
9 9     A: D 1550 / 2433
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1307
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1308
12 12     Frankfurt Förschner 560
13 13     Aiello
14 14     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 756 = = Curtis, JEA 41 (1955), 119-20 (pl. XXIV, 5) = Matthijs
15 15     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 110 (Staffieri) = Münzen und Medaillen AG 46 (28 Apr. 1972), lot 194
16 16     DS 2774 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 321
17 17     DS 8649 = Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 232 = Matthijs
18 18     DS Suppl pl 17, 101 = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 415 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 403
19 19     Niggeler 725
20 20     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 306