RPC IV.4, 1573

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1573
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 paludamentum, left
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 12
Reference DS 8688–9, Geissen 1721
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6, 12–13: same obv. die as 1515/4, 9–11.
Note Some Ⲱ forms.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28749
2 2     G SNG 4230 = MacDonald III, 472, no. 489, pl. LXXXVIII, 13 (rev.)
3 3     Mu: 411
4 4     O: HCR33538 M 2246
5 5     V: GR 24608
6 6     A: D 1835A / 2853 / 12054
7 7     Boston: 1985.1202
8 8     Cologne Geissen 1721
9 9     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 227
10 10     ✸ DS 8688 = Auctiones 17 (7. 12. 1988), 411 = CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1185; CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 779 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 138 (Staffieri)
11 11     DS 8688 = MMAG 17 (1988), 411 (Figari - Mosconi 701)
12 12     DS 8689 = Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1166 = Heidelberg Münzhandlung 20 (2000), 358 (Figari - Mosconi 702)
13 13     Kenneth W. Dorney coll.
14 14     Künker eLive 57, 3 Dec. 2019, lot 123
15 15     Matthijs
16 16     Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 281