RPC IV.4, 1090

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1090
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΒ = 12
Dating AD 148/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front or rear
Reverse inscription L ΔωΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design veiled Eusebeia (or Demeter) seated, left, holding patera over altar, and long sceptre (or long torch or cornucopia)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference D 2232, pl. XII (rev.), DS Suppl pl 14, 10, Geissen 1591, M 1982
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Note The cornucopia in place of the sceptre/torch on one die is presumably a die-cutter's mistake resulting from producing dies with Dikaiosyne in the same year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.166 BMC 964
2 2     L: 1919,0301.5 BMC Suppl 2952
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3574
4 4     NY: 1974.26.3573
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58774
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58775
7 7     O: HCR26651 M 1982
8 8     A: D 1743 / 2735 / 12399
9 9     Bern: (Righetti 2746)
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1591
11 11     Cologne Geissen 1592
12 12     Münster: M 1679
13 13     Aiello
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 346, 11 Mar. 2015, lot 350 = Noble 107, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 3531
15 15     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 354
16 16     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2176