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IV.4, 2053
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/2053
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Volume
IV.4
Number
2053
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)
Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue
Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating
AD 158/9
Obverse inscription
ΑΝΤ
Ω
ΝΙ[ΝΟϹ Ϲ
Ε
Β]
Ε
Υ
Ϲ
Ε
Β
Edition
Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation
Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design
laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right (?)
Reverse inscription
L Β[Κ]
Edition
(ἔτους) βκʹ
Translation
of year 22
Reverse design
Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal
debased silver
Average diameter
27 mm
Average weight
13.15 g
Reference
D 2388
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
Note
Dattari read LΒΚ. The Β is clear; the Κ isn't. The obverse style is not very convincing for year 22, but impossible for years 2 and 12. The careless way the dies have been impressed is unusual and the coin may not be quite what it seems.
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D 2388 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 294
26.6
13.15
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