RPC IV.4, 1056

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1056
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which Genius issues holding wreath; (to left, ΙϚ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2730–1, Geissen 1584, M 1969
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1875,0503.16 BMC 1148
2 2     ✸ P: 2220 SNG 2470
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60521
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60520
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60522
6 6     O: HCR33429 M 1969
7 7     A: D 1731 / 2720 / 12409
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1584
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1887
10 10     Aiello
11 11     CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 106
12 12     CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 397
13 13     D 2730 = Münzen und Medaillen 26 (1996), 425 (Figari - Mosconi 667)
14 14     D 2731 = Münzen Auktion Essen 71 (1996), 469 (Figari - Mosconi 668)
15 15     Davissons E-19, 30 Mar. 2017, lot 41 = Stacks Mail Bid 23 Sept. 1989, lot 411
16 16     Elsen 86, 10 Dec. 2005, lot 540 = CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 291
17 17     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2158