RPC IV.4, 595

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 595
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 Apis-bull standing, right, with crescent on flank (and sun disk between horns); before, (Egyptian) altar (or thymiaterion)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference D 3089–90, Geissen 1383, M 1696
Specimens 20 (12 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. Reverse die of L Ɛ possibly recut to L Η, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/125371.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2054 SNG 2262
2 2     P: 2055 SNG 2263
3 3     P: Doubles 861 SNG 2264
4 4     P: AA.GR.5574 (Doubles 1037) SNG 2265
5 5     P: 2157 SNG 2363
6 6     B: 96/1892
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60266
8 8     NY: 1944.100.60267
9 9     O: HCR34356
10 10     O: HCR34355 M 1696
11 11     V: GR 24594
12 12     V: GR 24795
13 13     A: D 1631 bis / 1896/7, IA 303/553
14 14     Cologne Geissen 1383
15 15     Aiello
16 16     Aiello
17 17     CNG EA 219, 30 Sept. 2009, lot 387 = Bankhaus Aufhäuser 4 (7–8. 10. 1987), 309
18 18     CNG EA 388, 14 Dec. 2016, lot 343
19 19     ✸ D 3089 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 121 (Staffieri) (Figari - Mosconi 787)
20 20     D 3090 = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 397