RPC IV.4, 46

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 46
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-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design draped bust of Ammon, right, crowned with horns, disk, and uraei
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2434, pl. VII (rev.), D 2934 (?= DS 8804), 2935, DS 2934 (not D 2934)
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4144 = MacDonald III, 465, no. 447, pl. LXXXVIII, 5
2 2     NY: 1973.56.793
3 3     D 2434, pl. VII (rev.) = Bayerische Vereinsbank 1 (1978), lot 256 (Figari - Mosconi 564)
4 4     DS 2934 = Peus 282 (30. 10.–1. 11. 1973), 412 = Kölner Münzkabinett 66 (1997), 557 (Figari - Mosconi 733)
5 5     ✸ Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 490 = Rauch 60 (3–5. 11. 1997), 384