RPC IV, 15219


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/222 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.4
Number	222
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 ΕΥϹ(Ϲ)ΕΒ
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΥ
Reverse design	Ares standing, facing, head, left, holding spear and parazonium
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Axis	12
Reference	D 2459
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	4: same obv. die as 240/1, 246/2, 295/1.
Note	Some Υ forms. The representation here is similar to that of Onuris-Shu/Ares of the Sebennyte nome (cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23076; Vogt p. 120).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.60139		34	23.17	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.60138		34	22.78	12	bust type uncertain	Show
3	3		Matthijs = Peus EA 420, 18–19 Nov. 2017, lot 6633	33.1	22.48			Show
4	4 ✸		Niggeler 728 (ex Hall 351) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 170, illustrated KG 35.86	34	25.23			Show