RPC IV.4, 2101

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2101
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with lotus-buds, reed at shoulder; before, cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2724, DS 8609, DS Suppl pl 17, 82, M 2392
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60925
2 2     ✸ NY: 1973.56.849
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60924
4 4     O: HCR33615 M 2392
5 5     A: D 1926 / 2972 / 12244
6 6     Boston: 1985.1215
7 7     CNG 53 (15. 3. 2000), 1217
8 8     CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 597
9 9     D 2724 = CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 242 = VMR 2724 (Figari - Mosconi 665)
10 10     DS Suppl pl 17, 82 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 354
11 11     Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), coll. Ruzicka, 459 corr.