RPC IV.4, 1195

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1195
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΓ = 13
Dating AD 149/50
Obverse inscription [ ]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear (?)
Reverse inscription L [ΤΡΙϹ]ΚΑ[Ι(Δ) (?)
Reverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius?), in military dress, on horseback, left, raising hand, holding sceptre upright
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2435
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 1210/1.
Note The attribution to year 13 is supported by the reverse die-link to a coin of Marcus Caesar, which in turn shares an obverse die-link to year 13. On another type in this year Marcus Caesar is depicted on horseback wearing a toga and holding the sceptre transverse rather than upright. The date is there given as  L ΙΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61049
2 2     D 2435 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 265