RPC IV.4, 278

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 278
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 140/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8612–13
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.60975
2 2     ✸ DS 8612 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1361 = Peus 19 (1971), 72 (Figari - Mosconi 666)
3 3     Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 600 = Elsen 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 952