RPC IV.4, 56

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 56
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
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design two Canopi facing each other; (between bodies, thymiaterion)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2498–2500, pl. XI (rev.), Geissen 1872?
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1385 BMC 1133, pl. XVIII (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60081
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60083
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60082
5 5     NY: 1973.56.789
6 6     A: D 1558A / 1896/7, IA 266/490
7 7     A: D 1558AA / 1896/7, IA 267/491
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1872?
9 9     Frankfurt Förschner 559
10 10     Münster: M 1706
11 11     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 755 = Elsen 71, 20 Sept. 2002, lot 1032 = Matthijs
12 12     D 2498 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 296
13 13     D 2499 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 247
14 14     D 2500 = Kölner Münzkabinett 66 (1997), lot 556 (Figari - Mosconi 582)
15 15     Matthijs