RPC IV.4, 2097

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2097
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝ[ΙΝΟϹ Ϲ]ΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Edition (ἔτους) κβʹ
Translation of year 22
Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, right, crowned with lotus-buds, reed at shoulder; before, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.83 g
Axis 12
Reference M 2393
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2088/3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33616 M 2393
2 2     ✸ CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 244
3 3     Dattari = DS 8610