RPC IV.4, 1580

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1580
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription (Α)ΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 2829, M 2243
Specimens 19 (11 in the core collections)
Note Some Ʊ forms (?).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TOW.1595 BMC 1104
2 2     P: AA.GR.5594 (Doubles 1185) SNG 2628
3 3     P: Doubles 1184 SNG 2629
4 4     B: (Cassell 1925)
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     Cop: 509
7 7     NY: 1944.100.60731
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.60733
9 9     NY: 1944.100.60732
10 10     O: HCR33535 M 2243
11 11     V: GR 24738
12 12     A: D 1843D / 1896/7, I 368/681
13 13     A: D 1686A(?) / 2650 / 12394
14 14     Frankfurt Förschner 663?
15 15     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 724
16 16     CNG EA 225, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 299
17 17     CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 255
18 18     D 2829 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 220
19 19     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 515