RPC IV.4, 1585

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1585
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3009, pl. XXVII (rev.), 3010, DS 8860
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2107 SNG 2607
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     C: 667-1948
5 5     NY: 1974.26.3723
6 6     O: HCR33541 M 2250
7 7     A: D 1843 / 2864 / 12042
8 8     Aarhus H.E. Mathiesen (ed.), SNG Denmark. Aarhus University (1986), 992
9 9     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 221
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 380, 10 Aug. 2016, lot 452
11 11     D 3009, pl. XXVII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 306
12 12     DS 8860 = MünzZentrum 64 (15. 4. 1988), coll. Meyer, 291 (Figari - Mosconi 756)
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 284
14 14     Leu 48 (10. 5. 1989), 356
15 15     Naumann 66, 3 June 2018, lot 340
16 16     Nomos obolos 1, 8 Feb. 2015, lot 313 = Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 611