RPC IV.4, 3

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Α = 1
Dating AD 138
Obverse inscription ΑΥ]Τ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥϹ Α
Reverse design Euthenia reclining left, on sphinx, holding ears of corn and poppies, and lotus-flower, peplos filled with fruits
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2557 (not DS 2557), DS Suppl pl 15, 50, 51
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: D 1542a / 2423
2 2     ✸ CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 83 = Staffieri
3 3     DS Suppl pl 15, 50 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 395
4 4     DS Suppl pl 15, 51 = Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 335 = Matthijs