RPC IV.4, 1390

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1390
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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, (winged), right, crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 3065 corr., 3077, 3078 corr.? (DS), DS 8929, Geissen 3480
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 5, 7: same rev. die. 8: same rev. die as 1313/1, 3, 1389/7.
Note Date altered on the die from L ΙΔ on one.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1889,0605.15 BMC 1187
2 2     Cop: 503 (obv.)
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60685
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60684
5 5     A: D 1791 / 2791 / 12021
6 6     Cologne Geissen 3480 = D 3078 (Figari - Mosconi 782)
7 7     D 3065 corr. = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 408
8 8     DS 8929 = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 353