RPC IV.4, 422

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 422
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design sacred boat of Sarapis: Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; to left, veiled Demeter, wearing kalathos, standing, right, holding long torch and ears of corn(?); to right, Isis-Tyche, wearing basileion, holding rudder and cornucopia; all on oared boat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 185
2 2     ✸ Dattari = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 208
3 3     Malloy 14 (2.7.1979), 282
4 4     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 399 = D 8722 (?) = Matthijs