RPC IV.4, 2245

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2245
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Uncertain year
Dating AD 138/61
Obverse inscription ] ΑΝ[
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L [
Reverse design draped bust of Alexandria wearing cap in form of elephant's head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Reference DS 8314
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The portrait is wrong for year 22, when busts of Alexandria are otherwise recorded. This type is probably year 4 or 5, which have series of divine busts, and for which portrait is right.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 8314