RPC IV.4, 83

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 83
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕ[Β
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, facing front; either side, Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned to him, holding spears and parazonia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2863, pl. XXIV (rev.), Geissen 1299
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 76/4, 102/8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: TOW.1399 BMC 1108, pl. XV (rev.)
2 2     P: 1967/1709 (Maspero) SNG 2138
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60120
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60121
5 5     V: GR 24532
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1299