RPC IV.4, 2043

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2043
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 ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΒ
Reverse design Roma seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8236
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6: same rev. die as 2044/1–2.
Note The Β of the date on one reverse die looks as though it may have been recut.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.59000
2 2     A: D 1920 / 2969 / 12227
3 3     A: D 1946A / 2997 / 12233
4 4     DS 8326 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 276
5 5     ✸ ex Emmett = Curtis p. 189, 86
6 6     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 831