RPC IV.4, 2159

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2159
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ(Α) ΑΝ]ΤΩΝΙΝ[Ο]Ϲ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design draped bust of Nike, right, wearing taenia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2692?, DS Suppl pl 16, 77, Geissen 1849, M 2408 corr.
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2152/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2379 SNG 2717
2 2     O: HCR33625 M 2408 corr.
3 3     ✸ A: D 1941 bis / 1896/7, I 417/752
4 4     A: D 1945 / 2995 / 12255
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1849
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1886 corr.?
7 7     CNA 13 (1990), 245 illustrated KG 35.823
8 8     D 2692 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 312 (?) = Matthijs