RPC IV.4, 55

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 55
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 bare head of Antoninus Pius, left
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design sacred boat of Sarapis: Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; to left, veiled Demeter standing, right, holding torch; to right, Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia; all wearing kalathos; all on oared boat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 47/1, 3, 62/1, 103/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1948 SNG 2130
2 2     ✸ Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 420 from the Dattari Collection