RPC IV.4, 15220 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 15220 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑVΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ L Ɛ
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Reverse inscription [L Ɛ]
Reverse design judgement of Paris: Aphrodite, with Eros flying at shoulder, Hera, and Athena standing on rocks; to l., Paris and Hermes standing; before rocks, animals
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note SAN 5, 4 (1972-3), 61-2; SAN 6, 3 (1975), 40-2 (die Ad)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Niggeler 729 = Münzen und Medaillen 13 (1954), 948 = Numismatica Ars Classica / Spink Taisei 16. 11. 1994, 841 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 161 (Staffieri)
2 2     Münzen und Medaillen 46 (28. 4. 1972), 212 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 220 = Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 109 (pl. 22, b) = KG 35.154 (illustrated)