RPC IV.4, 106

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 106
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Tyche reclining on couch, left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference D 2887, pl. III (obv.)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Laureate bust not expected on AE 33 in year 2. Possibly tooled?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 2887, pl. III (obv.) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 89 = Lanz 44 (16. 5. 1988), 588 (Figari - Mosconi 717)