RPC IV.1, 4645 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4645 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ANTONINVS AVG PIVS
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Reverse design Bacchus/Dionysus (youthful) standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 3, 9, 11
Reference BMC 600
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 600, pl. XX.2, reverse, on reverse, Dionysus with bunch of grapes instead of cantharus, authenticity doubtful, cast?
2 2     L: 1920-8-5-975
3 3     P: 863
4 4     Mu: 125f (acc. 25437), on reverse, Dionysus with bunch of grapes instead of cantharus and panther obscure
5 5     CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 371