RPC IV.4, 843

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 843
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Reverse design zodiac, Mars in Scorpio: bust of Ares, left, wearing helmet and cuirass; below, scorpion, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2972, Geissen 1500, M 1820
Specimens 23 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 736/3, 839/10, 863/9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1923,0102.1 BMC Suppl 2995
2 2     P: 2127 SNG 2351
3 3     G SNG 4181 = MacDonald III, 468, no. 462, pl. LXXXVIII, 10 (rev.)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60352
5 5     NY: 1974.26.3666
6 6     O: HCR33343 M 1820
7 7     A: D 1664 / 2613 / 12026 JIAN 2 (1899), 80 no. 2, pl. 7, 3 (rev.)
8 8     Bern: 81.734 Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums 63–4 (1983–4), 176 no. 15 = Hess 251 (7. 5. 1981), 164
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1500
10 10     Frankfurt Förschner 605
11 11     CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 479
12 12     D 2972
13 13     D 2972 = Peus Lagerliste 19 (1971), 79 (Figari - Mosconi 743)
14 14     Dattari = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 354
15 15     Elsen 107, 11 Dec. 2010, lot 465
16 16     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 504
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2313
18 18     Matthijs
19 19     Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 254 from the E.E. Clain Stefanelli collection
20 20     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 421 from the Dattari collection
21 21     ✸ NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2400 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 126 (Staffieri)
22 22     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 864
23 23     SAN 4 (1972–3), 48 (John Hopkins University, ex Malloy) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 168