RPC IV.4, 1879

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1879
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription Α Τ Κ(?)[ ] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Κ--- Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Α<ὐ>τ(οκράτωρ) Κ[---] Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor C[---] Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Helios standing in quadriga, left, raising hand, holding whip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 32.02 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1867/3–5, 8, 13, 1873/1–3, 1901/2.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 245 = Schulten 27–29. 3. 1990, 698 = Matthijs