RPC IV.4, 1198

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1198
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 ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἴλιος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) 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 paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΤΡΙϹΚΑ(Ι)
Edition ἔτους τρισκαιδεκάτου (ἔτους) τρισκαι(δεκάτου)
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 (or to left), ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.46 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference DS 2771 (not D 2771, possibly = D 2772), 2755 corr? (DS)
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Note There may be little distinction between this bust type and a laureate-headed bust wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from front (where the cuirass may be minimal).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60616
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60614
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60618
4 4     O: HCR33469
5 5     V: GR 24698
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1639
7 7     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 168
8 8     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 331 = Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017), lot 463 (part of)
9 9     D 2755 = Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 410
10 10     ✸ DS 2771 (not D 2771, possibly = D 2772) = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 256 = Matthijs
11 11     Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35053
12 12     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1799
13 13     Numismatic Fine Arts Mail Bid Sale 12. 10. 1988, coll. Brauer, 884
14 14     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 24, 30 Jan. 2016, lot 252 = Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 430