RPC IV.4, 2189

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2189
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ(ΙΑΝ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Ε(Υ)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Reverse design to left, Perseus advancing, right, wearing Phrygian cap, harpa at shoulder, extending right hand; to right, Andromeda stepping down from rocks, left, extending arms; at feet of Perseus, sea monster
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2990 corr., pl. XXVI (rev.), 2991–4, DS Suppl pl 20, 151, Geissen 1856, M 2422
Specimens 25 (13 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1997 SNG 2728
2 2     B: 28956
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 4245 = MacDonald III, 473, no. 492, pl. LXXXVIII, 14 (rev.)
5 5     NY: 1973.56.853
6 6     NY: 1973.56.852
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60957
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60860
9 9     NY: 1944.100.60861
10 10     O: HCR33639
11 11     ✸ O: HCR33640 JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 11
12 12     O: HCR33637 M 2421 corr.
13 13     O: HCR33638 M 2422
14 14     A: D 1783B / 1896/7, I 344/632
15 15     Cologne Geissen 1856
16 16     Aiello
17 17     CNG EA 440, 20 Mar. 2019, lot 377 = Matthijs
18 18     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1789 = Simpson 120 = NumCirc 92, 10 (December 1984), 7941 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 167 (Staffieri)
19 19     D 2991 = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 185
20 20     D 2994 = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 315
21 21     Dattari = DS 2992
22 22     DS Suppl pl 20, 151 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 235
23 23     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 213
24 24     Roma Numismatics EA 40, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 364
25 25     Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 494 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 310 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 272