RPC IV.4, 238

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 238
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8408–9, Geissen 1342
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0715.40 BMC 1064
2 2     P: 1991 SNG 2180
3 3     ✸ B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60144
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1342
6 6     DS 8408 = Kunst und Münzen XXII (1981), lot 324 (Figari - Mosconi 596)
7 7     DS 8409 = Ars et Nummus 12 (1976), lot 270 (Figari - Mosconi 597)