RPC IV.4, 14826 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 14826 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus) ; Faustina I (Diva)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ [ƐV]ϹƐΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Reverse inscription L Ɛ
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius), bare-headed, wearing toga, holding roll, standing, r., clasping hands with Faustina I, veiled, standing, l., holding long sceptre; between, thymiaterion
Metal Æ
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 8302, Geissen 1399
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note For the roll compare RIC III: no. 381; Beckmann 2012: 36, fig. 2.17. The type evoked, but did not precisely copy, what appears to be a statue group on roughly contemporary denarii and sestertii from Rome. It is closest to the simplified representation on the denarii, cf. Beckmann 2012: 35-7; 79.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 1399
2 2     P: 2025 SNG 2025
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60189
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60190
5 5     ✸ B: Löbb.
6 6     A: D 2554 / 11962
7 7     DS 8302 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 418
8 8     Matthijs