RPC IV.4, 2052

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2052
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; on throne, small figure of Nike
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2372, Geissen 1822
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Some Ⲱ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2372 SNG 2697
2 2     B: 4343
3 3     NY: 1974.26.2636
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.58993
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1822
6 6     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 866 = Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2782
7 7     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 851