RPC IV.4, 2205

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2205
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ(ΙΑ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ
Reverse design draped busts of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right, and Isis, left, facing each other; between, Harpocrates standing, left, raising finger to lips, holding cornucopia; beneath, eagle standing, facing, head, left (or right), spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 2856–7 corr., DS 8720–1, no number on pl. 148, DS Suppl pl 19, 129 = 132, 134, Geissen 1893?
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1107
2 2     P: 2393 SNG 2734
3 3     P: 2777 SNG 2735
4 4     P: 2398 SNG 2736
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61059
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61058
7 7     O: HCR33593 M 2355 corr.
8 8     O: HCR33594 M 2356 corr.
9 9     A: D 1909D / 1896/7, I 409/740
10 10     Boston: 1985.1210
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1893
12 12     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 250 = Empire Coins 4 (9. 11. 1985), 364
13 13     DS 8721 = Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 291
14 14     DS 8721 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 305
15 15     DS no number on pl. 148 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 351
16 16     DS Suppl pl 19, 129 = 132 = Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 437
17 17     DS Suppl pl 19, 134 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 281
18 18     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 519
19 19     Matthijs
20 20     Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 381 from the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection
21 21     Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 495