RPC IV.4, 1197

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1197
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ (ΑΙ) ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) {ΑΙ} Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΤΡΙϹΚΑ(ΙΔ)
Edition ἔτους τρισκαιδεκάτου (ἔτους) τρισκαιδ(εκάτου)
Translation of the 13th year
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile (or sphinx) beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed; above, ΙϚ; (below, water plants)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.84 g
Axis 1, 2, 10, 11, 12
Reference D 2752–3 corr., 2771 (not DS 2711), DS 8633–4, DS Suppl pl 17, 88, 98, Geissen 1642, M 2060–1
Specimens 48 (24 in the core collections)
Note On front-facing busts the traces of a cuirass may be minimal, so that there is little distinction between this bust type and a laureate-headed bust wearing paludamentum, r.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1149
2 2     L: 1860,0602.96 BMC 1150, pl. XIX (rev.)
3 3     L: 1838,0210.178.X BMC Suppl 3014 corr.
4 4     P: 2257 SNG 2512
5 5     P: AA.GR.5544 (Doubles 249) SNG 2513
6 6     P: 1967/1715 (Maspero) SNG 2515
7 7     P: 1968/171 (Seyrig) SNG 2516
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: (Cassel 1925)
10 10     B: (v. Gansauge 1873)
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     C
13 13     Mu: 385
14 14     Mu: 379
15 15     Mu: 384
16 16     NY: 1944.100.60613
17 17     NY: 1973.56.824
18 18     NY: 1944.100.60611
19 19     NY: 1974.26.3707
20 20     NY: 0000.999.25309
21 21     NY: 1944.100.60615
22 22     O: HCR33464 M 2060
23 23     O: HCR33465 M 2061
24 24     V: GR 24700
25 25     A: D 1708C / 2763 / 12129
26 26     A: D 1767 / 2759 / 12137
27 27     A: 6731
28 28     Bern: 2498 RSN 45 (1966), 76 no. 144 (?)
29 29     Boston: 1985.1179
30 30     Cologne Geissen 1642
31 31     Leeds-UL: 488
32 32     Milan SNG 1290
33 33     Milan SNG 1292
34 34     Milan SNG 1293
35 35     Münster: M 1700
36 36     Aiello
37 37     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 176 (part)
38 38     CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 304
39 39     ✸ CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 292
40 40     D 2752 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 294
41 41     Dattari
42 42     DS 8633 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 255
43 43     DS 8634 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 70 (Figari - Mosconi 675)
44 44     Elsen 101, 13 June 2009, lot 298
45 45     Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions 58, 15 May 2018, lot 3120
46 46     Naumann 71, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 391
47 47     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 341
48 48     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 224