RPC IV.4, 114

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 114
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Β = 2
Dating AD 138/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Demeter seated, left, wearing corn-wreath, holding patera over altar, and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A corn-wreath is more usually associated with Euthenia, but may also be worn by Demeter. The torch implies Demeter.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 340 = Sternberg 16 (15–16. 11. 1985), 292 = Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 620