RPC IV.4, 1359

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1359
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙƐ = 15
Dating AD 151/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Edition (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four garlanded columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.45 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2999 bis, 3000, DS Suppl pl 20, 152, M 2162
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2039 SNG 2565
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop: 524
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60671
5 5     O: HCR33502 M 2162
6 6     A: D 1806A / 2815 / 12335
7 7     Leeds-UL: 487
8 8     Aiello
9 9     Aiello
10 10     Aiello
11 11     D 2999 bis = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 317
12 12     D 3000 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 272
13 13     DS Suppl pl 20, 152 = Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 242 = R. Hoppensteadt coll.
14 14     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 513
15 15     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 282
16 16     ✸ Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 639 = Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 345
17 17     PRF