RPC IV.4, 2176

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2176
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 159/60
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Ι(?)Λ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΓ
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four columns, architrave garlanded, barriers between outer pairs of columns, enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8856
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2173/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: no number
2 2     ✸ DS 8856 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 303