RPC IV.4, 2221

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2221
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΔ = 24
Dating AD 160/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ[Ο?] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ (?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΔ(?)
Edition ἔτους κδʹ (ἔτους) κδʹ
Translation of year 24
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding uncertain object and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference DS 8936
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2218/1, 2219/1.
Note From the rubbing in DS the date might read either L ΚΑ or L ΚΔ but obverse die-link to a coin of year 24 makes the latter likely .
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 8936