RPC IV.4, 1766

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1766
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ(?)
Reverse design draped bust of Zeus, right, wearing laurel-wreath(?)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Reference D 2394 corr.
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1756/5, 8.
Note Dattari read the date as L Η?, which is not possible. The obverse is die-linked to coins of year 19. As the reverse type is paralelled for that year dating to year 19 is plausible. The Η read by Dattari may be the Ι of the date with a horizontal die-break to the left. The Θ would then have been in the damaged area below. If it really is an Η then this type would belong to year 18. In that case the Zeus type would have begun in year 18 and been carried over to year 19. A better specimen is reqired to decide the matter.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 2394 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 220