RPC IV.4, 2198

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2198
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] ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΕΥ (?)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Reverse design Heracles and Antaeus: Heracles standing, right, head, left, lifting Antaeus; to right, club and lion skin(?); below Antaeus, (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2603 corr., pl. XV (rev.), M 2422a
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2215/4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR33634 M 2422a = JEA 29 (1943), pl. IV, 8
2 2     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1787 = NFA Fall Mail Bid Sale 1990, 2408 = Simpson 131
3 3     D 2603 corr., pl. XV (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 289