RPC IV.4, 530

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 530
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 141/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design bearded reaper, right, (wearing pileus,) cutting three (or four) stalks with sickle; (behind, tree); (either side of feet, sheaves)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2986–9, pl. XXVI (rev. for 2987, 2989), DS 8839, M 1728b
Specimens 21 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 15: same obv. die as 402/2, 411/1, 431/1, 3, 437/1–2, 492/7, 511/1, 545/2–3, 5, 8, 11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.230 BMC 1092, pl. XII (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60253
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60255
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60254
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60252
6 6     O: HCR33298 M 1728b
7 7     Boston: 1985.1300
8 8     Frankfurt Förschner 580
9 9     Aiello
10 10     CNG 50 (23. 6. 1999), 1158
11 11     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1147 = Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 735
12 12     D 2988 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 323
13 13     D 2989 (pl. XXVI (rev.)) = MünzZentrum 64 (15. 4. 1988), coll. Meyer, 273 (Figari - Mosconi 752) = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 221 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 163 (Staffieri)
14 14     Dattari
15 15     ✸ Dattari = D 2987, pl. XXVI (rev.)
16 16     Dattari = DS 8839
17 17     DS 2986 = Nomisma 25 (2003), 138 (Figari - Mosconi 751)
18 18     Niggeler 731
19 19     Nomos 28, 22 May 2023, lot 1284
20 20     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 311
21 21     RM Collection = Savoca 92, Lot 1523