RPC IV.4, 214

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 214
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 ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Δ
Reverse design bust of Ares (or Alexander?), right, wearing cuirass and helmet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2458
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Jerome Mairat has suggested that this might be a helmeted head of Alexander, as on obverses of coins of the Koinon of Macedonia (e.g. RPC VI, temp. no. 384).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.356 BMC 1035
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60979
3 3     D 2458 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 214
4 4     ✸ Peus 360 (27. 4. 1999), 698 = CNG Triton VI, 14 Jan. 2003, lot 591